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I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE TRY ASKING COPILOT #AI

New toy: Font coverage analyzer (alpha)
blueset.github.io/font-coverage/

Château de Soleil
Dans les années 70, Robert Spatz achète le « Château de Soleil » dans le sud de la France.
Les parents-adeptes rénovent.
Puis, dans les années 80, les enfants sont laissés seuls.
Ils font tourner le monastère : cuisine, potager, bois, boulangerie…

So for many folks - cancelling their Hilton Honors membership was a way to let the chain know that their handling of the situation in Minneapolis was unacceptable.
Nice techdirt article and template for those perhaps looking to do the same https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/07/dear-h

If ever a dev earned their keep, it's @…

@… #AskFedi I need a regex (for Discord’s AutoMod) that prevents any text in all Unicode “fonts” from being sent. By “Unicode fonts” I mean things like these:

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/115941198098862825
MAKE HOPE NORMAL AGAIN

It's not even the same font, letter spacing, kerning or color.
(If you don't know what this is about, ignorance is bliss in this case. Not worth looking it up.)

“The US State Department’s Font Flip-Flop: Guest Article by Dr. Aina G. Irbe on A Step Backward for Accessibility”
https://www.lflegal.com/2026/01/font-flip-flop/
The guest author worked for the State Department when it replaced Times New Roman in 2023.

Either KDE fixes the problems with their Wayland session (faulty font rendering with fractional scaling, no ability to remap touchpad gestures that are literally baked in at compile time, and so on) or I'll be shopping for a new desktop environment once they drop X11 in 2027. I'll not be railroaded into accepting a dogshit user experience because somebody wants to dunk on the chuds. Plasma isn't that special!

“Fraktur is often associated with being the official Nazi font
and is still being used by Neo-Nazi groups in Germany today.
The fact that it was, ironically, banned by the Nazi Party is just a part of its long and strange history” writes 99 Percent Invisible.
-- h/t @…

I don't do front-end so this isn't useful to me right now, but in a former life I worked pre-press and I'm amazed at what you can do with #OpenType fonts.
https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/font-with-built-in-syntax-highlighting/

Which version best conveys the message "ISO 8601. Every over date/time format is inferior"?
Based on different versions of the original logo I made multiple attempts. One of them will become a sticker. White on red, Blue on White or White on Blue?
#iso8601 #iso8601ultras

How To Control Your #Dreams At Night: 3 Secrets From Research
- What are lucid dreams
- How to induce them (for example, waking up two hours earlier than usual and then coming back to sleep)
- How to control them (for instance, using your voice to give instructions to the dream elements)
Keep dreaming!
Source:

La révolution de l’immunité ancestrale : quand nos défenses sont un héritage des bactéries
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/11/24/la-revolution-de-l-immunite-ancestrale…

The latest on the Western Front. Oh, sorry, the Western font. These conflicts run through everything. And yes, fonts matter.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rubio-font-times-new-roman-calibri_n_6938c4e6e4b0fc6751e2aa6c

«U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his …

Today, I am going to be removing a favorite user feature: picking your own font for the Xogot text editor and La Terminal as now you need Apple's approval to use third party fonts installed in the system.
But at least my users will be safe from picking a font in bad taste.

This is so weird. I mean, I do think Times New Roman is one of a handful of correct choices for professional communication, and I do just _hate_ Calibri, but I don't understand what either font has to do with DEI.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rubio-font-

Oh happy task. #acadamicchatter

Dammit, I thought this was satire! 🤣
Marco Rubio orders US State Department to revert to Times New Roman font, calling Calibri adoption 'wasteful'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/us-state-department-reverts-times-new-roma…

IA: Man against the machine…
Font licencing claims shake-down (Insanity Works)
https://www.insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2025/11/14/monotype-font-licencing-shake-down?utm_source=fediverse

Public sector organisations *shouldn't* standardise on Calibri, actually.
While assessments might focus on readability, selecting it binds organisations to the Microsoft ecosystem for the lifetime of the documents, since licensing is only covered for Windows / Office users.
https://w…

This is insane. Does Little Marco not have enough to do?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html

Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman (Brianna Tucker/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/10/calibri-font-rubio-state-department/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251210/p136#a251210p136

You can't make this stuff up https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html

C’est pour ça que généralement tu as pas des ascenseurs comme seule sortie. Mais vu les contraintes techniques, c’était pas mal le seul compromis pour garder les prix bas.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2220502/ascenseurs-station-edouard-montpetit…

I'm a proud financial supporter of Ukraine's war efforts through the #NAFO initiative. The badge I received is just perfect. I hope Jake Broe keeps on hitting the Bingo. Stay strong, defend democracy, protect Europe, slava ukraini!

I've spent five minutes reconfiguring my browsers so that they render every site using the same very readable font (Atkinson Hyperlegible from the Braille Institute - #font

For #TextModeTuesday, some fonts from my old demoscene days, recreated in 2022 for an example project of my opensource libraries:
Figlet style text generator using big fonts:
https://demo.thi.ng/umbrella/big-font/

The US and the UK and Australia are going after bulletproof hosting companies.
United States, Australia, and United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure Supporting Ransomware
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0319

Je t'offre mes services,,
Tu penses chercher des réponses, c'est moi qui te trouve.
Tes clics font ma fortune,
Tes data sont la dope que je deale aux méchants,
Je connais tes angoisses,
Tes recherches Š 2h du mat',
Tu m'as ouvert la porte en un clin d'œil,
J'écoute tes conversations,
Je te suis dans tes déplacements,
Je sais où tu étais mardi dernier,
Je suis plus totale que la Stasi,
Mais tu ne me contestes plus.…

If your immediate response is to suggest data pipes are fatter, video is to blame, images must be the highest resolution possible, font files are doing this, etc., then you might not understand who you’re actually serving and why this is a concern.
https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/1156014307…

In their PostScript Type 1 font specifications, Adobe makes a very clear statement: The source code of font programs is protected by copyright laws, but not the shapes of the fonts: "the typeface shapes are not protected, but the program text is. A copyright on
a Type 1 font program that generates a particular typeface does not preclude anyone from independently creating a different program for that same typeface."

World class documentation, I tell you.

Il y a déjŠ des milliers de gens sans abri. En augmentant la taxe foncière tel qu'ils le font, les loyers vont mécaniquement augmenter. Et ainsi verser encre plus de gens dans la rue et faire obstacle Š toute rénovation. C'est un coup de génie du gouvernement!

Artist made a font that looks really good
#geekvillage #noai #fonts

if you look in the footer of https://blog.fontawesome.com/ and tap on the Font Awesome flag you’ll see a variant of this component made to work with Font Awesome icons (and reusing the colors from the header image of the blog post too:

So, Micro Rubio marco-managing everything, declaring that sans-serif is woke but Times New Roman is politically correct.
A silly story, but the read should be that Rubio is entirely sidelined, if he has to pull stunts like this to keep busy, to keep in the public eye.
https://www.

En busca de mecenas para comprar cinco hectšreas privadas que albergan vestigios “únicos” de la ciudad romana de #Caraca
El Ayuntamiento de Driebes, el pequeño municipio de #Guadalajara donde se ubica este emblemštico yacimiento, Bien de Interés Cultural, quiere comprar, para su expropiació…

Can’t believe no one posted this here yet
https://bsky.app/profile/alexm247.bsky.social/post/3mcdxwvu4e22w

The Biden administration may have shot the serif,
switching from Times New Roman font on the grounds that serif-less fonts such as Calibri are more accessible to readers with disabilities.
That’s all over now.
The State Department Action Request reads:
“To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department’s written work products
and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility] program,
the Department is return…

CatSalad Executive Order #133767
All fedi users shall be required to return to our roots and only use Comic Sans font from now on! Bring back graphic design to our communications shitposts.

#30DayMapChallenge 🗺️ Day 5️⃣: Earth
Here’s a minimal isometric relief map of #Santorini. I haven’t been to #Greece 🇬🇷 but I definitely want to see Athens, and either Santorini or Mykonos. Maybe I …

Phanpy doesn't support quoots yet, so I'm using Mastodon's stock web interface and.. it's bad. Compare how busy it looks with unnecessary stuff (do I really need a "post" input form on screen at all times? Do I need a link to "favorites" visible at all times?), but also - the fonts are bad. Bad, bad, bad. Just so much harder to read. And the timeline toots just kind of run together, rather than being clearly delineated by whitespace in phanpy.

Is #Greenland the Final Breaking Point of Transatlantic Relations? - Is Greenland a Real Security Issue? - What are possible scenarios?
By Juraj Majcin, European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels
"The EU should therefore push back where it has leverage, notably in trade and technology regulation, by seriously considering activation of its Anti-Coercion Instrument, as requested b…

CJK Font Variation 1 #i18nfails
i18nfails.1a23.studio/posts/cjk-font-variation-1

I want to „design“ a speech bubble that I’ll lay over an existing illustration. Any tips on font and tool usage so it looks as close to one drawn in a comic as possible?

Don’t let anyone tell you rubio has any substance under his attempts at style.
To say he is an empty suit would be an insult to suits.
“U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a ‘wasteful’ diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.”

re: this whole Calibri thing…
If anyone knows a font that discriminates against people who are reading a language other than French, please don't mention it to the current Quebec government. 😬

is wikipedia’s “skin” setting supposed to have any effect? everything looks the same whatever i choose
(tiny font size, page cannot be zoomed to less than 110% screen width)

Putting the finishing touches on my presentation at @… next weekend. "The #Fediverse: Embracing the Hacker Ethos for a Decentralized Social Media Experience". We may even have a special guest join us, @…

Jetzt dreht die Darth #Trump Administration völlilg durch: #Rubio verbietet die Nutzung des Fonts #Calibri
"No more Calibri in official State Department communications!"
Als ob die US sonst keine Probl…

I just discovered #NetNewsWire. It’s snappy. It’s uncomplicated.
If I could find a way to make the font bigger it would be even better. Help please !

Live on github @ thesaigoneer/aurorix-saigon. Customized install with adjusted default applications & flatpaks, brew files, font configs and a just command to clean out unnecessary flatpaks.Have a go!
#auroralinux #bluefin

"In Finland, tax records are considered public data, and every November, the tax authorities release a dataset to the media containing the incomes earned and taxes paid by Finland’s richest."
"At the top spot this year was Mikko ”Miki” Kuusi, founder of food delivery company Wolt and CEO of Deliveroo, whose income was €80.6 million, of which he paid €39.7 million in taxes."
STANDING OVATION

@… We need an artist to snoop out what font this is! I want an Oval Office in my house.

I found a stash of mechanics and handicraft magazines from 1936-1949 - just 4 magazines. Heck some are scary 🙂

Le village du libre est rempli, avec des anciens et des nouveaux
#cdl2025

Found in the archives - re-posting for no particular reason at all. . .
#Shitpooooost #Shipost #Shitposting

Hey Mastodon, can you please help me out here?
Which is the best *free tool* to organise a community of school parents in Italy?
For now they consider a GoogleDoc for documentation (just 4-5 pages for now) a Facebook page (to organise the discussions in threads). I'd like to propose a free alternative
People involved could be 10-30. There should be some sort of collaborative document management (like a wiki), and ideally a space for discussion (like a forum).
Id…

@… I use a 16.314159px user agent font size so everyone knows who I am

New SQL Notebook: Home made font tracing
There are many tools outwhere to create fonts from bitmap images, be it handwritten fonts or fonts from old books. They all involve quite a lot of homework. Letters have to be written carefully on a grid, bounding boxes have to be defined.
I wondered if the process could be made a little bit more straightforward. I want just to scan a book´s page and the tool creates the font for me, identifying all letters.
https://www.belle-nuit.com/sql-notebook/index.html?url=../site/files/home-made-font-tracing.json

Un score pour noter les produits ménagers en fonction de leur impact sur la santé et l’environnement : excellente proposition !
https://theconversation.com/un-score-pour-noter-les-produits-menag…

They're sparing no expense!*
*no expenses were made putting up three pieces of paper with godawful golden script font as signage at the White House

Zwrócono mi uwagę, że steve, serwer zadań, nie ma #logo. Oto moje pierwsze podejście. Wykonane w #Inkscape, przy pomocy linii i fontów (jabłka są chyba z Noto Sans). Mam też wersję SVG, ale przeglądarki ją rozpieprzają, na siłę podmieniając font na emoji z niezgodną metryką. Dodałem tu jasne tło, bo oryginalne …

If you think you are starting 2026 with a disadvantage in life, just be thankful you aren’t setting out with this embarrassingly stupid tattoo.
#MemeChatGPT #MemesFor2026 #StupidTattoo

Château de Soleil
Dans les années 70, Robert Spatz achète le « Château de Soleil » dans le sud de la France.
Les parents-adeptes rénovent.
Puis, dans les années 80, les enfants sont laissés seuls.
Ils font tourner le monastère : cuisine, potager, bois, boulangerie…

@… Welcome to Mastodon! Looking forward to hear more about the work of @… standing for European Tech and European citizens online!

People at work have a habit of walking by my cube and looking at my computer screen.
Diabolical plans include:
- Showing spoilers to new/popular shows at the biggest font
- Leaving my completed Wordle up
- Writing a personalized message for each person
- Turning off my monitor and staring at a blank screen for 8 hours.

I've taken a big step away from #Spotify and installed #qobuz because it's a European alternative (@…) and they pay artists much better…

« Prison de la honte » Š Nouméa : dans l’ancien bagne, surpeuplé, les travaux se font attendre
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/02/06/a-noumea-l-ancien-bagne-devenu-prison-surpeuplee-s-enfonce_6160675_32…

#infosec
They've mindlessly set it to be a password entry field so it can't be seen, but the 2FA app I'm copying the code from displays it in a nice large font.
They're checking the box for the sake of checking the box, not because it adds any security.
But at least it's inconvenient for all the users, so the policy has that going for it.

This report from Data Colada on the fabricated data in Dan Ariely’s research from 2014 is such a fascinating read. I am especially nonplussed by the discovery that the fraudulent generated data is written in a different font (Cambria) than the data it is based on (Calibri).

https://datacolada.org/98

Xorg pixel fonts traced to TTF, great source for cases when you need a pixel font super family to replicate a more genuine retro pixel-perfect UI.

Example of available font matrix:
(Helvetica, Times, Courier, Century) × (8 10 11 12 14 14 17 18 20 24 25 34px) × (Regular, Bold) × (Roman, Italic/Oblique)

github.com/blueset/xorg-fonts

NEW NIGHT TRAIN ROUTE
Brussels/Amsterdam - Milan
Starting on June 2026, by #EuropeanSleeper
This is the "PANENOTTE" - The night train that will allow you to get the panettone :D
- First departure: Thursday, 18 June 2026
- Ticket sales start in Jan/Feb 2026
- Running 3x per week in each direction
- Stopping in Cologne, Bern and Stresa (Lake M…

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

Château de Soleil
Dans les années 70, Robert Spatz achète le « Château de Soleil » dans le sud de la France.
Les parents-adeptes rénovent.
Puis, dans les années 80, les enfants sont laissés seuls.
Ils font tourner le monastère : cuisine, potager, bois, boulangerie…

SLEEP BETTER!
Three tips to improve your sleep:
- Go to bed 30 minutes earlier than usual on weekdays instead of sleeping in at the weekend 🛏️
- Expose yourself to bright light in the morning as much as possible, be it outdoor or indoors light 💡☀️
- Spend at least 20 minutes in restorative activity daily: reading, nature, music, anything you want, no goals, just restore 📖🌳♫
From a newsletter "Eight weeks to a healthier you" by

The bigger font size on my phone suits my eyes better.
No denying, lots of denial.

"No group in America has fallen further, faster than young men. When I began talking about this several years ago, that was a controversial statement, especially on the left, where many pathologize masculinity.
While the right has suggested the solution is to take women and non-white people back to the 1950s, the left’s view is that young men don’t have problems, they are the problem.
Neither attitude helps."

Si estšs en #Asturias y te interesa la restauración de muebles de madera, quizš quieras pasar por este taller de pintura de muebles a la tiza.
- Impartido por el pequeño negocio de restauración Möbelho.
- 60€ incluyendo materiales
- Sšbado 17 de enero de 10 a 13h
- Enfoque pršctico: cómo empezar, qué pasos seguir, qué productos elegir según el estado de la pieza y el efecto…

Château de Soleil
Dans les années 70, Robert Spatz achète le « Château de Soleil » dans le sud de la France.
Les parents-adeptes rénovent.
Puis, dans les années 80, les enfants sont laissés seuls.
Ils font tourner le monastère : cuisine, potager, bois, boulangerie…

How to survive Instagram's algorithm as a creative
- "Instagram is wrecking my head. I have a fairly decent number of followers. But hardly anyone sees my work"
- "I have a completely organic audience, yet my posts don't reach most of my followers"
- "Instagram hides your posts unless you post a selfie or anything personal"
- "You have something new? Post it, leave and focus on more important things."
- "Do o…

KIVA is crowdfunding for microcredits. I've been using it since november 2007, that's more than 18 years!
Here are some stats about how I use it:
- I've contributed to 1305 loans, usually $25 to each.
- I have around $3k in the system, but as they have been relended several times, I've lended for a total value of $33k
- I have contributed to loans in 79 different countries
(cont.)

Surprisingly affordable - even with the tariffs.
#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

How to grow a forest without planting a single tree
A collaboration between @… and Planet Wild https://www.youtube.com/@planet-wild)
It's happening in

#shitpost #shitposting

Des évènements scolaires sur la politique sont interdit en Vaud. Ce serait pourtant juste maintenant très instructif pour les élèves d’observer que les adultes font aussi des erreurs.

Un 20 ans les loyers ont augmenté de 32%. Xavier Rubli cite des chiffres de Comparis lors d’une idée verte Š Lausanne. Le marché locatif ne fonctionne pas pour les locataires: taux de logements vacants bas (1% en moyenne Suisse, 0.63% Š Lausanne). Les fonds d’investissement font la pression sur les augmentations de prix et de loyers (« rendement insuffisant »).

I do not really regret the ugly Calibri font

La Chine pourrait envahir le Taïwan maintenant que les USA sont occupés ailleurs, ils ne les empêcheraient pas. S’ils ne le font pas, c’est pas par manque d’occasion, mais puisque c’est probablement la seule superpuissance actuelle qui est géré par une certaine rationalité.