What's the font used on the page? It reads beautifully (especially in the "about") and I'd like to use it.
Google Fonts Redesigned
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#92Isn't it counterintuitive that there are two scroll next to each other for smaller screens? And also that the one on the right is to scroll the content on the left, while the one on the left is to scroll the content on the right.
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#93Can someone explain to me why Google Fonts doesn't provide proper cache headers, still? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29091014/how-do-i-levera... Why disallow caching? Unless I'm misunderstanding something.
They do provide proper cache headers. They cache the CSS for 1 day. The actual font files are cached for a lot longer than that.
The reason for shorter cache periods for CSS is that Google are continually making improvements. The font files are different e.g. for Mac vs Windows because they are optimized for platforms.
In general you will find that all URLs that are directly called from millions of websites (e.g. facebook SDK, Google Analytics snippet) have short TTLs. Makes sense when you think about it -- 3rd parties providing these resources need a way to stay agile and ship new versions without forcing millions of websites to upgrade their code.
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you using chrome? It looks pretty dumb in firefox. It looks like this. http://imgur.com/IT7x83h
Chrome and Firefox look exactly the same to me edit: from your comment below, maybe you're on Linux? Sounds like you're seeing the same thing as this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11903444
That is what I see also. FF on Linux.
Re: Google Fonts Redesigned
#95Can someone explain to me why Google Fonts doesn't provide proper cache headers, still? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29091014/how-do-i-levera... Why disallow caching? Unless I'm misunderstanding something.
They do provide proper cache headers. They cache the CSS for 1 day. The actual font files are cached for a lot longer than that. The reason for shorter cache periods for CSS is that Google are continually making improvements. The font files are different e.g. for Mac vs Windows because they are optimized for platforms. In general you will find that all URLs that are directly called from millions of websites (e.g. fac…
> They do provide proper cache headers. They cache the CSS for 1 day. The actual font files are cached for a lot longer than that.
I don't see it, not with curl at least.
Looks like actual fonts are cached for a year.
But not CSS,
> curl https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans -i
expires:Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:02:03 GMT
date:Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:02:03 GMT
At the very least they should allow to control that with another query parameter.
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#96"Your browser is not currently supported. Google Fonts works best on Chrome, Firefox, or Safari." Google still treating Edge users like trash, I see[0]. Microsoft Edge works fine for the vast majority of websites, and a block like this telling you to get a different browser is incredibly painful. If you tell me I need a different browser, I'm going to find a different company or website to do business with. [0]Gmail…
It's fair play after the IE-ification of the web before that.
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#97If anyone is curious about the sample text: * "All their equipment and instruments are alive." (Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick) * "A red flair silhouetted the jagged edge of a wing." (The Jewels of Aptor, by Samuel R. Delany) * "I watched the storm, so beautiful yet terrific." (Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley) * "Almost before we knew it, we had left the ground." (A Trip to Venus, by John Munro) * "A shining crescent…
The first one on the list had convinced me this was a very interestingly-trained Markov chain generator. I need to read more Philip K. Dick.
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COULD SHAKE MY TINY FIST AND SWEAR I WASN'T WRONG, BUT WHAT'S THE SENSE IN ARGUING WHEN YOU'RE MUCH TOO BUSY RETURNING TO THE LAVATORY.
AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND OF ONE OR MORE NUMBERS REPRESENTED IN DIGITAL FORM.
SATAN GUIDES US TELEPATHICLY THROUGH RECTAL THERMOMETERS. WHY DO YOU THINK ABOUT META-REASONING?
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#100What's the font used on the page? It reads beautifully (especially in the "about") and I'd like to use it.
My bad, for anyone wondering the same, I just read the source and it's Roboto (which google uses a lot so I should thought of that in the first place).