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Fonts rule

Translation:

  • Panel 1: Doctor Word
  • Panel 2: Doctor: “What is the problem?”
  • Panel 3: Patient: “There’s something wrong with my voice.”
  • Panel 4: Doctor: “Sure. I’ll give you some pills.”
  • Panel 6: Patient: “Thanks, Doctor!”
  • Panel 7: Doctor: “Next!”
  • Panel 8: Next patient: “Good morning, doctor!”
    • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      Arial is a proprietary Microsoft font, which is expensive to license if you want to distribute it yourself; I actually think it works even on that level (doctors giving you name brands instead of the cheaper generic (open source) option)

        • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          DejaVu Sans 💪

          I once created a WYSIWYG (also the dumbest acronym for what is essentially a word processor), and we got in trouble for embedding Arial and other fonts into PDFs and documents. Had to change it so that we don’t embed fonts anymore.

          If you ever wonder why PDFs and other documents look subtly or unsubtly different or even break completely depending on what computer you open it on; that’s why. Personally I think it’s stupid. You should be able to embed fonts into the document. It’s not like people are going to extract it from the document and install it or whatever.

          • pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 days ago

            If you mean that DejaVu Sans is an analogue of Helvetica/Arial, that’s not so. The DejaVu fonts are derived from Bitstream Vera, and the Sans variation is wider than Helvetica. It’s also somewhat humanist, as opposed to Helvetica’s strictly grotesque look.

            Liberation Sans and Nimbus Sans seem to be the best-known open-licensed metrically-compatible analogues of Helvetica, although Liberation doesn’t recreate the look. Nimbus is also the basis for FreeSans.

            As for embedding fonts, afaiu it depends on the license.

            • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              Font law is like a whole thing. I was surprised how strictly licenced even some free fonts can be. I have a memory of carefully reading each licence document to see what I’m allowed to do with it.

              I prefer DejaVu for some reason over Liberation. Well, actually OpenDyslexic is my real favourite typeface; but everyone else hates it when I use it in emails.

              • pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.world
                3·
                3 days ago

                Well, Liberation Sans is nothing much to look at. I myself prefer humanist typefaces, particularly with noticeable variation in stroke widths. I’d use Rosario everywhere I can, only its kerning is wonky.

                These days font marketplaces on the web spell out the allowed use for each typeface quite clearly, so I guess it’s a good thing we’re out of the dark ages of font law.

          • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            3·
            3 days ago

            I have extracted proprietary fonts from websites cause I thought they looked neat.

            Now all my websites use OFL fonts and distribute the license file right next to the woff2 files.

        • devfuuu@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 days ago

          You’re probably right. I haven’t touched a windows in so many years that from what I remembered Arial is a known thing, but I don’t remember Helvetica being a thing.

          I’ll trust your assessment.

          • pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 days ago

            Helvetica was very popular for its unapologetically modernist and neutral look, such that its overuse was criticized even before Arial swooped in — it was particularly widespread in corporate and government design. Microsoft cloned Helvetica as Arial so as to not pay for the licensing, but Arial is disliked by typeface designers for details which elude me (just like other MS fonts). Of course, Arial dominated home and office printing and web design ever since, as it was readily available. Apple licenses Helvetica proper and ships it in MacOS.