[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I agree wholeheartedly, it's readable, but oh so ugly and brutalistic :P

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Haha big brain time :P

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're not wrong about compactness, that's a really good point!

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you ! I'm a bit overwhelmed by the positive resonance so far, so now I'm wondering what to write after that will give me the same high haha :)

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

OK, debate solved, serifs -> stroke terminals

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Why? I'm not getting the joke :D

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

What are the “display” variants of the new fonts in that article? They're called that, at least on Office 365: Aptos Display, Grandview Display, etc.

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

but Aptos does look like an improvement

I think so too! Did you click through the Lorem Ipsum examples? Aptos is much easier on the eyes even in dense paragraphs.

I particularly like the serif added to the lowercase L

For the record, my calling those serifs has been a point of contention. To me Aptos feels like a semi-serif, not a sans-serif, although it's officially one! However, it's been suggested to me that I should do away with the serif terminology and call them simply stroke terminals!

Still mulling over this.

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Hey Folks!

We've been playing and discussing Calibri, Aptos ( Bierstadt ), Grandview, Seaford, Tenorite and Skeena over on Tildes and I figured you folks would enjoy clicking around and seeing what the differences between them actually are.

I wrote the article, so let me know if there's something you'd like to see as well :D

Cheers !

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Spoiler alert: you're the second person to suggest Iosevka, so I just added it to the comparison 🤠👍🏼

I must say I don't love it's narrowness, but it's really well made !

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

May I ask why? I'm not loving ligatures :[

I gave Julia's and Fira's ligatures a try but no dice, it feels so super counterintuitive 😬

[-] jdsalaro@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks a bunch! Yeah, that sounds about right, but also Julia and since some folks on Mastodon [1] told me also 0xProto 😂! Welcome to the rabbit hole!

[1] https://mastodon.social/@jdsalaro/110632707789750123

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