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Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

862 points · 126 comments · MitPitt

  1. krelas · · focus · HN ↗
    If you want to make a designer have a nervous breakdown, upload a copy of Helvetica and make every second or third character be Arial.
    1. FuriouslyAdrift · · focus · HN ↗
      calm down, Satan
    2. goodmythical · · focus · HN ↗
      All S/E/R/I/F characters in a sans-serif font with the serif equivalent.
      1. shagie · · focus · HN ↗
        Ariel, don&#x27;t swap glyphs ABCDFGHJKLMNOPQTUVWXYZabcdghjklmnopqtuvwxyz but every 1 glyph is Times Roman scaled to 120% ... <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;xzv8zNh" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;xzv8zNh
    3. Someone · · focus · HN ↗
      With ligatures, you could have a Helvetica font that writes “Helvetica”, “beautiful” and “aesthetics” in Arial.
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