hardypart@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMeet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptoswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down110cross-posted to: typography@lemmy.camicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkMeet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptoswww.theverge.comhardypart@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: typography@lemmy.camicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareChickenstalker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·1 year agoHow is a new font “more inclusive”? This word has been co-opted by corpo drones and has lost its meaning.
minus-squarehardypart@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoIt’s little things like better disambiguation between uppercase i and lowercase L.
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoand the letters qpdb are different? (for dyslexic people)
minus-squareShihali@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoqpdb are completely symmetrical in Bierstadt, so no.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s like ‘gaslighting’ or ‘reboot’, or various others: it gains a little traction then everyone finds an excuse to use it, appropriate or not.
minus-squaresuperschurke@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe only meaning I could imagine as useful is to include more different scripts from the Unicode set.
How is a new font “more inclusive”? This word has been co-opted by corpo drones and has lost its meaning.
It’s little things like better disambiguation between uppercase i and lowercase L.
and the letters qpdb are different? (for dyslexic people)
qpdb are completely symmetrical in Bierstadt, so no.
It’s like ‘gaslighting’ or ‘reboot’, or various others: it gains a little traction then everyone finds an excuse to use it, appropriate or not.
The only meaning I could imagine as useful is to include more different scripts from the Unicode set.