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Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

862 points · 126 comments · MitPitt

  1. mortenjorck · · focus · HN ↗
    I have never felt quite so cacklingly nefarious as a designer as I did just now carefully adjusting vertical scale and offset so that the x-height and baseline of Papyrus optically match Comic Sans when mixed together.

    I don't yet know who I'll be pranking with the downloaded font, but I look forward to their reaction.

    1. Obscurity4340 · · focus · HN ↗
      Care to share somehow, sounds delightfully hilarious
      1. mikestorrent · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah we need to see this
      2. danielheath · · focus · HN ↗
        Open the effects submenu, 81% y-scale, 2% y-offset, papyrus on the left, comic sans on the right.
        1. Vinnl · · focus · HN ↗
          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;W2EiufE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;W2EiufE

          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;084vLca" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;084vLca

          1. Obscurity4340 · · focus · HN ↗
            Oddly readable
            1. Barbing · · focus · HN ↗
              It’s not even bad. Maybe it would wear on me, but people have made plenty of fonts just like that.
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