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Re: Font that creates charts

#31

Post by tptacek »

TorbjornLunde wrote: post #6
uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

I imagine this is primarily meant for creating static content such as print posters. (I see that they are working on a web version, and regarding that I have to say I agree.)

This. What a silly thread. You probably couldn't lawfully use this on a web page even if you wanted to.

Re: Font that creates charts

#32

Post by tptacek »

ta12121 wrote: post #23

Is there any particular reason the link is HTTPS, especially considering that the page contains no sensitive content, and a warning about non-SSL content when it's loaded?

Because it's on a site that accepts credit cards and has a prominent "Buy" link on the page itself.

Re: Font that creates charts

#33

Post by ta12121 »

tptacek wrote: post #32
ta12121 wrote: post #23

Is there any particular reason the link is HTTPS, especially considering that the page contains no sensitive content, and a warning about non-SSL content when it's loaded?

Because it's on a site that accepts credit cards and has a prominent "Buy" link on the page itself.

I guess that makes sense, but doesn't the mixed content warning make it moot? Doesn't that mean unauthenticated javascript can be inserted?

Re: Font that creates charts

#34

Post by tptacek »

ta12121 wrote: post #33
tptacek wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because it's on a site that accepts credit cards and has a prominent "Buy" link on the page itself.

I guess that makes sense, but doesn't the mixed content warning make it moot? Doesn't that mean unauthenticated javascript can be inserted?

They should fix that, yes.

Re: Font that creates charts

#35

Post by pasbesoin »

sp332 wrote: post #3
uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

"Insist"? Because it's fun, and useful. "When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software." That's fine. Don't.

I was just thinking, " Hacker News".

When did we lose our interest in and support for hacking ?

It doesn't have to be "practical" nor "broadly applicable" to remain interesting and perhaps even a bit inspiring. And, as often as not, it's the thought of "What happens when I mash these things together?" that produces some real innovation.

As a community, we should continue to support such exploration.

People here do startups and businesses, but the community was never solely, nor perhaps even primarily, about that. Which comes first, the hack or the business?

Re: Font that creates charts

#36

Post by polshaw »

uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

    >Why do people still insist on doing this?
HTTP requests. 'silly font+glyph combo' is the vector version of sprites.

And it's also nice to be able to change the colour of your monochrome vector graphics.

Re: Font that creates charts

#37

Post by Timmy_C »

uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

I see this as a designer-friendly graphing library. In the video he demonstrates how to use the font using InDesign. And last I checked InDesign doesn't have graphing tools that are this simple.
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