alt Hacker NewsIndeed. Plus basic facts like: is it serif or sans? Proportional or monospace? Designed for GUI interfaces, terminals, or print? I still don't know.
Just showing a single screenshot of it in its intended use would go a long way.
I clicked on one of the charts and had no idea if the font itself was bitmap, or if it had just been rendered at a tiny size without antialiasing.
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Yeah I thought maybe the "uni" in "unifont" meant it was a single font that would morph between serif and sans somehow. I guess it stands for "unicode", from an era when Unicode support was not table stakes.
Unfortunately I’ve often seen such things in tech - the more “purist” or deep or nerdy something is, the worse he explanations, UX/UI, and explanations.
A GitHub readme for some software that sells a subscription (or is meant for “average” users) will have way more explanations and screenshots than something that’s more technical. HN has a “leaner” (worse for mobile) interface than old reddit, while both are way better than new reddit.
And god help you if you want to understand the chain of context on a Linux mailing list (email?) thread. “What, you’re not savvy enough to know the arcane and totally unintuitive stuff we use to format and can’t make sense of it? Too bad, sounds like user error.”
Yeah this turned into a rant, but seriously, little polish goes a long way in usability.
> Designed for GUI interfaces, terminals, or print?
Given it’s a last resort font, I think it doesn’t make too much sense for print (unless you’re printing something that could be in any possible language).