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There are some very minor changes, but this got me thinking about tricky fonts are compared to software development in general. You can fork a font on GitHub an
by untog 11y ago
There are some very minor changes, but this got me thinking about tricky fonts are compared to software development in general. You can fork a font on GitHub and make some changes, but you can't really merge them back into the original font because fonts are expected to be entirely static. Perhaps they could accept pull requests for a DejaVu 2 or something.
- gkoberger 11y agoIt doesn't work for Helvetica or Arial, but less-famous typefaces can change pretty significantly over time: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3033126/roboto-rebooted-why-google-plans-to-update-its-font-like-the-rest-of-its-products http://www.fastcodesign.com/3033126/roboto-rebooted-why-goog...
- ademarre 11y agoInteresting. I hadn't thought of that before, but those examples seem to embody the struggle in the transition from classic print design to modern digital mediums. I imagine someday we'll see more typefaces versioned like software, instead of alterations receiving new names. Or is this already happening?