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Pareto Front

198 points · 85 comments · binyu

  1. Aachen · · focus · HN ↗
    Misread the title and got excited about a Pareto font, that is, the best possible font (presumably: distinct l/I, O/0, scores within error margins of the top readability and reading speed scores, widely available, etc.)

    Maybe in vein but did anyone already figure this one out? The closest I got was PT sans, open-licensed commissioned by the Russian ministry for communication (I found it surprising that a country that doesn't use Latin script made the best font!), but it's not widely shipped so you need to figure out how to include font files whenever you want to use it

    1. gadders · · focus · HN ↗
      I thought it was some sort of Italian activism group.

      "The Pareto Front today claimed responsiblity for...."

      1. orthoxerox · · focus · HN ↗
        ...20% of the attacks causing 80% of the casualties?
        1. mdnahas · · focus · HN ↗
          As someone with an Italian grandmother and both a CS and Econ degree, I got a great laugh out of this joke! Bravo!
        2. pphysch · · focus · HN ↗
          No!! That is the Front of Pareto[1], a totally different group. Our Pareto Front only causes 20% of the casualties.

          [1] - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;montypython.50webs.com&#x2F;scripts&#x2F;Life_of_Brian&#x2F;8.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;montypython.50webs.com&#x2F;scripts&#x2F;Life_of_Brian&#x2F;8.htm

      2. lucaslazarus · · focus · HN ↗
        You mean the People’s front of Pareto!
        1. croisillon · · focus · HN ↗
          splitters!
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