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6SixTyyesterday at 9:06 PM1 replyview on HN

Part of making a typeface is making it subconsciously part of the brand. Though there's precedent for making a functional font in this use case as Airbus designed B612 for readability within their glass cockpits.


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PunchyHamstertoday at 1:52 PM

Maybe if the font wouldn't be so generic that could be true but it's... bland, and uninteresting. Could be replaced by 2 dozen other

> as Airbus designed B612 for readability within their glass cockpits.

weird it still has problem of O being similar to 0. I guess it's less of a problem in plane instruments but still