Tag: typography
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Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?
There's a small house ( ⌂ ) in the middle of IBM's infamous character set Code Page 437. "Small house"—that's the official IBM name given to the glyph at code position 0x7F, where a control character for "Delete" (DEL) should logically exist. It's cute, but a little strange. I wonder, how did it … -
WCEU23 - Day 1
My first "full" day at WordCamp Europe 2023 was busy and intense, but I loved networking and learning about WordPress history and security and what's worth knowing about design and typography.
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Scunthorpe Sans
The vole.wtf folks have made a font which uses ligatures to self-censor any naughty words you type.
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Text Rendering Hates You
Alexis Beingessner takes a delightful dive into the variety of issues that face developers who have to implement text rendering. Turns out this is, and might always remain, an unsolved issue.