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Vercel 发布 Geist Serif，为 Geist 字体家族新增一款高对比度展示型衬线字体，适用于标题、海报及高密度屏幕显示。该字体由 Evil Rabbit 起稿，经 Andrés Briganti 和 Mark Davis 扩展，向时尚与编辑设计的排版传统致敬。
Furifont is a font that embeds furigana (Japanese reading annotations) directly into the font itself, simplifying the display of ruby text for Japanese content without extra markup.
A deep-dive on fixing dotted-circle ("tofu") rendering issues in Myanmar text, part of Google's Noto font effort to provide comprehensive Unicode coverage.
The article argues that anti-AI fonts, designed to prevent AI scraping, are ineffective and harmful due to accessibility issues, privacy concerns, and the inevitability of AI bypassing them, which could enable censorship.
A deep dive into Gorton, an unsung font used on keyboards and throughout New York City, exploring its quirks, history, and ubiquity.
Libre Barcode Project provides open-source fonts for creating barcodes in Code 39, Code 128, and EAN/UPC formats.
Fonty Menu Bar lets you install Google Fonts directly from your Mac menu bar, simplifying font management for designers and developers.
The article discusses how AI companies are adopting serif fonts to appear more human and trustworthy, as serifs connote tradition and authority versus the coldness of sans-serif fonts.
An article exploring unexpected typographic phenomena and craft, including rolling shutter effects on displays and creative use of font limitations.
Designer Jens Kutilek documents the mathematical and historical research behind reviving IBM Selectric Composer typefaces, exploring the unit-based spacing system and engineering constraints of the iconic 1960s typewriter. The project involved reverse-engineering IBM's 9-unit glyph width system used by the Selectric Composer's interchangeable 'golf ball' type elements.
Glyph Protocol is a new terminal protocol that allows applications to register custom glyphs directly at runtime using Unicode Private Use Area codepoints, eliminating the need for users to install patched fonts like Nerd Fonts. It also lets applications query whether a codepoint is already covered by a system font, enabling graceful fallbacks.