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Originally on iPhone — he used an app called Brushes, by Steve Sprang.

a single font can contain a maximum of about 65000 glyphs, but there are over 150000 defined Unicode glyphs, so a single font of last resort isn’t possible, unfortunately. Complete coverage would require multiple fonts.

you can use this site to check that the name you choose hasn’t already been taken:

https://namecheck.fontdata.com/

The poster for Colossus:Forbin was very disappointing. The title sequence graphics for the movie were great - but the poster doesn’t show a computer at all, although the movie is all about them.

I suspect that few professional (paid for) adverts use any fonts from dafont.com, and many fonts would anyway be unavailable to ordinary users. The current font recogniser programs are usually trained on commercially available fonts

Interleaf rose and fell spectacularly. Writing the entire user interface code in Common Lisp was an interesting feature.

Unicode doesn’t allow any logos or “personal characters” so it wouldn’t be accepted for inclusion…

perhaps it’s a homage to the famous Helix database (see Wikipedia)

There is some research which suggests that the human brain “learns” to read an unfamiliar font reasonably fluently after about 30 minutes of use, and that recognition continues to improve with continued use. The well-known saying “we read best what we read most” suggests that a font itself contributes only partly towards readability - your personal habits and experience are also significant.

Font seems to not include the '<', '>', or '=' characters. I sympathize with font designers, there are so many glyphs you have to stare at - hundred if not thousands - for days and weeks on end; eventually you get tired of seeing them...

If you’re wondering why there’s a certain genre of notable in-use of Windsor that’s missing from this review, it isn’t due to oversight—it’s quite intentional.

Overall I think Wezterm has the best font support (and the best support).

It’s not pleasant to read. Strange, since Tonsky is the curator of the Fira Code font, and would presumably be interested in presentation

I think these “ink traps” might be effective on low resolution displays. But yes, those parentheses indicate it’s not a coding font.

Fortunately fonts usually don't contain perfect circles anyway, because the designer will optically correct any circles so that they don't appear to bulge. Kabel is the closest font I found with circular formas; LineTo's Circular is also quite close but slightly taller than wider.

Only using words, I expect. For example Dennis Rawlins often addressed Owen Gingerich in his publications... eg http://www.dioi.org/sca.htm

My 2008 iMac plays Apple Music in the kitchen at breakfast. It got a new power supply for its 10th birthday...

The UK magazine New Scientist has been collecting occurrences of strange units in newspapers for years, and people often write in with new ones.

https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg18725070-900-incompati...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133562-700-the-race...

I also remember length "measured in worms laid end to end", and volume "measured in cups of tea".

Another good comparison site:

https://devfonts.gafi.dev

don't know, but these Kaktovik numerals were added for Unicode 15 (released September 2022) so it would be a font updated in the last 3 months...

Get it added to the collection at https://24hourtime.info/2022/07/13/the-sun-clock/

A reasonable proportion of their marketing and hype is not based on fact. An BBC documentary ("Disclosure") examines some of their claims and finds them baseless marketing "spin", presenting "anti-corporatism" as a brand rather than a reality. But people want to believe...

Works fine on my iPad too...

Most Amanitas have a prominent base (volva) but I expect too many pickers just pull out by the stem so might not notice it.

You might (or might not) enjoy the book "Mushrooms, Russia, and History"...

https://archive.org/details/wasson-1957-mushrooms-russia-his...

Very nice work. But:

The recommended font is Fira Code.

is probably a bit orthogonal to the color scheme... :)

Great work! There's a long history of similar dials listed at https://24hourtime.info/ - perhaps yours can be added there!

https://devfonts.gafi.dev is also a good resource

not too shabby

Cot Editor has loads of tabs. Also supports ligatures and OpenType features.