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Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by userbinator »

GuB-42 wrote: post #136

With a few tweaks (monospaced variant), it could make a great coding font. Coding fonts have essentially the same goal: make similar looking characters different: 1liI|, 0O, etc... Code naturally strains our visual acuity: we want to see as much as possible, it means that we may use a smaller font size than we would find comfortable reading text with. Single letter, punctuation, etc... can be really important, in reg…

Indeed, that's what I thought too when I read about the letter distinction. The reverse slash on the 0 seems a little odd, but otherwise this looks like a proportional version of Consolas.

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by userbinator »

CodeWriter23 wrote: post #128
mabbo wrote: post #56

I feel as though there should be a standard set of tests that any or all fonts run through to demonstrate the various properties they want to claim. Don't tell me "better", tell me "Scored an 8.6 on legibility in the standard font assessment test".

It's from The Braille Institute. They ARE the standard when it comes to dealing with vision challenges / vision loss.

Ironically those who need Braille are also unlikely to care how readable a font is.

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by cratermoon »

hermitcrab wrote: post #130
cratermoon wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Over the past 2-3 years I went from needing reading glasses for small print to needing reading glasses for nearly everything in "normal"-sized print. I even keep HN at +125% (thanks, Chrome) because the default is too small. I still need my reading glasses at this magnification, but I don't want to magnify it too much more because of limited screen real-estate. This is just from normal age-related presbyopia. I'm hop…

Tech is mostly designed by young white English-speaking males and they tend to design with young white English-speaking males in mind. On the plus, this means that there are quite a few unexploited opportunities.

> Tech is mostly designed by young white English-speaking males

Indeed, and readability is one of the less pressing problems that result from that. It's also why I have marginal hope, at best.

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by 12ian34 »

kulhur wrote: post #50
OneLeggedCat wrote: post #12

I like this idea, but when I go to the web page... > Download the Font… and change the world! By downloading, installing and/or using the font software, you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms of this End-User License Agreement... Sigh. I guess I need to read that EULA. Anyway, clicking on that then downloads a pdf rather than a nice link to some web page text. Sigh. So then anyway, trying t…

> Why must everything in the world be so hard? linux user?

if you want "everything in the world" to not be "so hard" you'd probably avoid Linux.

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by verall »

Zak wrote: post #113
KMnO4 wrote: post #102

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Heh. I went to a sushi restaurant recently and sat down to an iPad menu. After ordering a few rolls and confirming the order, it was delivered by a robot[0]. After finishing the plates, I returned them to the robot which carried them away. I scanned a QR code on the table which allowed me to pay for everything from my phone. Curiously, I was presented with options to tip 18%, 20%, 30%, or other. I thought about it an…

I'm curious who would get the tip in this scenario. The sushi chef? Ok, I guess. The restaurant owner? I'm going with 0%. The robot? Maybe if it can pass a Turing test.

> The sushi chef?

Yes, and most likely split with other cooks, host/hostess, and waitstaff for people that refuse to use the iPad.

> The restaurant owner?

Illegal in most states.

What an iconoclast, refusing to tip hourly workers...

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by verall »

HyperSane wrote: post #140
JasonFruit wrote: post #135

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Sometimes now this is because of supply problems that make a single, consistent menu embarrassing to the business: nobody wants to have to say, "I'm sorry; we're out of salmon and eggplant, and we haven't had coconut milk for a week. Can I offer the three of you something else?" An electronic menu can be changed immediately and at practically no cost.

An electronic menu can also have prices that change every hour based on how busy the place is or even have prices based on demographic information gleaned from the user's phone.

What restaurants do this?

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by cratermoon »

Just FYI, I downloaded the font (after some time) and put it on my Kobo. When I tried to use it my Kobo just rebooted. Bad news, everyone.

But good news, everyone. It's available from Google at https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Atkinson+Hyperlegible and this one works with my Kobo.

I don't know why, I'm no font expert, but it does make for nice reading.

Re: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

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Post by drekipus »

JasonFruit wrote: post #135
GekkePrutser wrote: post #87

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I really hate those restaurants that only have QR codes on the table for menus. A restaurant is for eating and talking, not for messing around with my phone. I avoid those now. During Covid there was a slight point (though it was pretty soon proven that surface transmission was so minor a factor not to warrant such actions). But now we should just go back to normal menus.

Sometimes now this is because of supply problems that make a single, consistent menu embarrassing to the business: nobody wants to have to say, "I'm sorry; we're out of salmon and eggplant, and we haven't had coconut milk for a week. Can I offer the three of you something else?" An electronic menu can be changed immediately and at practically no cost.

This sounds like over estimating a lot of restaurants ability to handle electronic menus.

I don't think I've seen that functionality in many restaurants at all.

There is always a cost in updating the menu.

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