I use SN as a PWA on my phone. iOS doesn’t allow for you to change the ***font*** of a PWA.

[Request] Ability to change ***font*** on SN

[Request] Ability to change font on SN 

design a ***font***. ... The first ***font*** in a 1952’s company catalogue was called Gorton Normal. ... The ***font*** has been used widely across the US and worldwide in the 70s. ... Every stroke of Gorton is exactly the same thickness (typographers would call such ***fonts*** “monoline”). ... Monoline ***fonts*** are not respected highly, because every type designer will tell you: This is not how you

Gorton: The hardest working ***font*** in Manhattan by Marcin Wichary

Design

# The first font in a 1952’s company catalogue was called Gorton Normal.

![](https://m.stacker.news/84955) ![](https://m.stacker.news/84956) ![](https://m.stacker.news/84957) ![](https://m.stacker.news/84958)

>  Every stroke of Gorton is exactly the same thickness (typographers would call such fonts “monoline”). Every one of its endings is exactly the same rounded point. The italic is merely an oblique, slanted without any extra consideration, and while the condensed version has some changes compared to the regular width, those changes feel almost perfunctory.

Monoline fonts are not respected highly, because every type designer will tell you: This is not how you design a font.

![](https://m.stacker.news/84962)

Video from the [INHERITANCE MACHINE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j27RKTHMLkA) recovering an old [Gordon's Machine](http://gorton-machine.org/) used for the engravings.

The font has been used widely across the US and worldwide in the 70s. The example below from an old [American engineering schematics](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/82370/font-from-old-70s-american-engineering-schematics)
![](https://m.stacker.news/84961)

Today, a redesigned version is available for download from https://webonastick.com/fonts/routed-gothic/ together with a selection of modern font implementations and other typographies with similar design.

Gorton: The hardest working font in Manhattan by Marcin Wichary

Design_r

Making a ***font***

tech

Making a font

B612 ***Font*** Family

B612 Font Family

Cheetos Other Hand ***Font***

Cheetos Other Hand Font

Tetris as ***Font***

This link was posted by [Bluestein](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Bluestein) 2 hours ago on [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40737294). It received 119 points and 22 comments.

Tetris as Font

***Font*** Awesome

devs

Font Awesome

Rsync25

***Fonts*** for Complex Data

This link was posted by [Tomte](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Tomte) 1 hour ago on [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40020987). It received 31 points and 3 comments.

Fonts for Complex Data

Memory Safety for Web ***Fonts***

This link was posted by [mmmrk](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mmmrk) 1 hour ago on [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43413125). It received 107 points and 40 comments.

Memory Safety for Web Fonts

On iOS it doesn’t seem possible to adjust ***font*** of a PWA. ... Not sure if it’s possible to allow user to change ***font*** size through SN settings.

SN PWA - ***font*** size

On iOS it doesn’t seem possible to adjust font of a PWA. Not sure if it’s possible to allow user to change font size through SN settings. 

SN PWA - font size

No more blurry ***fonts*** in Linux

This link was posted by [Flex247A](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Flex247A) 2 hours ago on [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41643573). It received 76 points and 38 comments.

No more blurry fonts in Linux

coolLabs ***Fonts*** | A privacy-friendly drop-in replacement for Google ***Fonts***

privacy

coolLabs Fonts | A privacy-friendly drop-in replacement for Google Fonts

satoshiplanet

Lightning Volt ***Font***

bitcoin

Lightning Volt Font

Open source – Variable ***Fonts***

if you know or find any other please share below: it must be at least open-source!

Open source – Variable Fonts

supratic

Fractional scales, ***fonts*** and hinting

Fractional scales, fonts and hinting

A ***Font*** that Renders 14 types of Charts

A Font that Renders 14 types of Charts

Atkinson Hyperlegible Free ***Font*** by  Braille Institute

Atkinson Hyperlegible was carefully developed by the Braille Institute to help low-vision readers. It improves legibility and readability through clear, and distinctive letters and numbers.

Atkinson Hyperlegible Free Font by  Braille Institute

I Created 175 ***Fonts*** Using Rust

This link was posted by [azhenley](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=azhenley) 2 hours ago on [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41213053). It received 81 points and 9 comments.

I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust

A programming ***font*** based on the typeface used in Minecraft

A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

satup

advanced enough so that the actual text representation can be scanned (especially if it is shown in a ***font*** ... onchain address which is even smaller) represented by a qr code instead of a text in a machine readable ***font***

Machine readable ***fonts*** instead of QR codes

I was looking at a lightning invoice screen in the Zeus wallet. The invoice QR code is above the text coded (is this base64 or some other format?) invoice. What I notice is that the text coded invoice is actually smaller than the QR code. That got me thinking. The character recognition technology is advanced enough so that the actual text representation can be scanned (especially if it is shown in a font optimized for character recognition). The character representation can more easily be compared by human if needed than a qr code (yeah, i know that random characters are not that easily for comparison, but it is definitely easier than comparing qr codes). 

So why is the invoice (or even a btc onchain address which is even smaller) represented by a qr code instead of a text in a machine readable font?