Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agolmao. didnt know this was a thing.hexbear.netimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10
arrow-up1110arrow-down1imagelmao. didnt know this was a thing.hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoyour post just made me notice that this font does something fucky to the dot over the “i” and “j” when they’re next to an “f” fi f i fj f j How have I never noticed this before? Do all fonts do this? Wtf
minus-squareloathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 months agoI notice it too now. All fonts don’t do this. It’s a feature of some fonts called ligatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)#Stylistic_ligatures
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThe weird thing is that it doesn’t do it on mobile. Only desktop
minus-squareEvilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning
your post just made me notice that this font does something fucky to the dot over the “i” and “j” when they’re next to an “f” fi f i fj f j
How have I never noticed this before? Do all fonts do this? Wtf
I notice it too now. All fonts don’t do this. It’s a feature of some fonts called ligatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)#Stylistic_ligatures
Ligmatures
The weird thing is that it doesn’t do it on mobile. Only desktop
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning