Comment on Google AI strikes again

over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The way I see it if everybody calls it a font, then it’s a font

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Never worked with a typewriter or printing press I see.

    The experts defined the terminology, it’s just you purely digital people that forgot the original terminology.

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    • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Language works by majority consent though.

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    • Darth_Lemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      how TF are you on lemmy with a typewriter?!?!?!?!

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s complicated…

        youtube.com/watch?v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE

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    • Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But language evolves

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        There’s actually a history to the change in terminology, and it’s mostly because of Steve Jobs and the Apple Macintosh. They were largely focused on bringing many character styles over to their new-at-the-time system, and apparently thought it would save pixel space on their limited size 512 pixel wide menu if they just called ‘Typeface’ as simply ‘Font’

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