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2y ago
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Man, I'm loving IBM Plex; this font is crazy. The different weights are like different fonts, super
Man
, I
'm loving IBM Plex
; this font is crazy
. The different weights are like different fonts
, super distinct in the QS tiles and such
.
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Crono
Man, I'm loving IBM Plex; this font is crazy. The different weights are like dif...
J
Justin Garrison
•
7/3/24, 9:21 PM
not a self hosted streaming service
?
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:22 PM
No
, the font IBM commissioned to replace Helvetica Neue for them
J
Justin Garrison
•
7/3/24, 9:22 PM
My deck seems to be stuck in an update loop with the July 2nd update
. Every time apply the update and reboot it says an update is available
. Is that a known issue
?
C
Crono
No, the font IBM commissioned to replace Helvetica Neue for them
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:23 PM
Wonder if Kyle knows about it given that he uses HN as a system font
J
Justin Garrison
My deck seems to be stuck in an update loop with the July 2nd update. Every time...
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:24 PM
Did you follow these instructions already
?
:
https://discord.com/channels/1072614816579063828/1074438180847239279/1257854077048721520
C
Crono
Man, I'm loving IBM Plex; this font is crazy. The different weights are like dif...
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:27 PM
got a screenshot of how it looks
?
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:27 PM
the default bazzite font was hurting my eyes
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:27 PM
i ripped the windows font but it renders differently in bazzite
C
Crono
Click to see attachment
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:28 PM
Here
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:28 PM
oooh
, i quite like that
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:28 PM
Different weights
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:29 PM
what settings are you using
?
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:29 PM
i like that a lot
C
Crono
Different weights
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:29 PM
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
Just the default grayscale AA in GNOME Tweaks with hinting disabled
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
also lol this is the most over engineered website for a font i
've ever seen in my entire life
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
It
's really slow JS for some reason
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
yeah
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
its insane
J
Justin Garrison
My deck seems to be stuck in an update loop with the July 2nd update. Every time...
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
#announcements
- it might be this issue
.
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:30 PM
The GitHub page is much better
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:31 PM
https://github.com/IBM/plex
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:31 PM
yeah
S
Saki
•
7/3/24, 9:31 PM
Plex is a weird font
; not pleasant to read
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:31 PM
Also very well maintained font
, last update was in May
S
Saki
•
7/3/24, 9:31 PM
Does a font need to be maintained
.
.
.
?
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:31 PM
I was literally about to ask that
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
Not necessarily
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
like
.
. it
's a font
. Just make it and get on with life
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
i care about fonts
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
But given the scope Plex has surely some mistakes can get through the cracks
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
i spend a lot of time reading text on a computer
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
There
's glyphs for Asian languages and such
R
RoyAwesome
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
if my eyes start to strain
, i notice it
S
Saki
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
Noto sans is good enough for me
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:32 PM
So do I
, but I don
't worry about the fonts
. MoonReader tells me if I need to download a font
, if not
, carry on
.
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:33 PM
Whatever Bazzite is using is fine
.
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:33 PM
Typography is one of the most complicated fields of knowledge there are
S
Saki
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
A lot of complexity and not much purpose
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
If the font itself is causing your eyes to strain
, either 1
) Stop using Comic Sans and Papyrus for everything
, or 2
) get your eyes checked
,
S
Saki
A lot of complexity and not much purpose
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
It
's how we
're communicating right now
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
It
's easy to take for granted but there
's an absurd amount of work and thought that goes into it
C
Crono
It's easy to take for granted but there's an absurd amount of work and thought t...
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
Arguably uneeded work and thought
S
Saki
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
you could put any standard 80s bitmap font into discord and it would be perfectly usable
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:34 PM
yup
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:35 PM
Especially in the digital age it
's more pervasive than ever
S
Saki
you could put any standard 80s bitmap font into discord and it would be perfectl...
Z
Zeglius
•
7/3/24, 9:35 PM
Not as easy to read
K
Kamquat
•
7/3/24, 9:35 PM
its like Google totally redesigning their UI language every other year
.
C
Crono
OP
•
7/3/24, 9:35 PM
Fonts can affect even the implied tone of what you read
S
Saki
•
7/3/24, 9:35 PM
Aggregate hundreds of thousands of hours making fonts for no reason
; we already have some good ones
; time to stop
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