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https://web.archive.org/web/20140625075722/http://www.libressl.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140625075722/http://www.libres... > This page scientifically designed to annoy web hipsters. Donate now to stop the Comic Sans and Blink Tags All the OpenBSD presentations I've read have been in Comic Sans. They really like that font :)

snuxoll 11y ago
I think they do it to make a point, they don't care about stuff being pretty, they care about it being sane and secure. If the only thing you complain about is a typeface then maybe they're doing their job right :)
- cbd1984 11y ago
  Given that fonts are attack vectors, why style text at all?
  - snuxoll 11y ago
    The consideration of fonts as attack vectors is highly overplayed - the bytecode allowed in TTF in OTF fonts is pretty limited, while mistakes have certainly been made in FreeType and other implementations it's no worse than the JavaScript sandbox most people are already relying on in their browsers.
    - DonHopkins 11y ago
      There are some fonts you should never install, even if they look innocuous: http://fontmeme.com/freefonts/134412/the_trojan_horse.font http://fontmeme.com/freefonts/134412/the_trojan_horse.font And other fonts are so beautiful that merely looking at them can cause harm: http://re-type.com/notaweblog/2013/03/06/new-font-from-retype-medusa/ http://re-type.com/notaweblog/2013/03/06/new-font-from-retyp...
  - stock_toaster 11y ago
    They aren't actually embedding the font, they are just setting a style in the css to use a particular system font, if present.
- Navarr 11y ago
  You could say that - but since the font is such a large "nuisance" it serves as a distraction vector.
tracker1 11y ago
I actually like the font a lot.. it's readable, depending on size/resolution, and has a nice "unfinished" feel to it.
stock_toaster 11y ago
Didn't their weaponization of Comic Sans start with LibreSSL?
- protomyth 11y ago
  Beck describes it in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU [edit: slide at ~ 47 minutes]
  - TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
    Link to specific time (exactly 49:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU&t=49m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU&t=49m
- nailer 11y ago
  OpenBSD's been using it way before they started LibreSSL
userbinator 11y ago
In random browsing of the Internet for networking-related topics, slide decks that I come across seem to use Comic Sans a lot more than usual too. I'm not sure if there are OpenBSD (or other BSDs) associations with that, as one of the first popular networking APIs was the Berkeley sockets.

snuxoll 11y ago

I think they do it to make a point, they don't care about stuff being pretty, they care about it being sane and secure. If the only thing you complain about is a typeface then maybe they're doing their job right :)

cbd1984 11y ago
Given that fonts are attack vectors, why style text at all?
- snuxoll 11y ago
  The consideration of fonts as attack vectors is highly overplayed - the bytecode allowed in TTF in OTF fonts is pretty limited, while mistakes have certainly been made in FreeType and other implementations it's no worse than the JavaScript sandbox most people are already relying on in their browsers.
  - DonHopkins 11y ago
    There are some fonts you should never install, even if they look innocuous: http://fontmeme.com/freefonts/134412/the_trojan_horse.font http://fontmeme.com/freefonts/134412/the_trojan_horse.font And other fonts are so beautiful that merely looking at them can cause harm: http://re-type.com/notaweblog/2013/03/06/new-font-from-retype-medusa/ http://re-type.com/notaweblog/2013/03/06/new-font-from-retyp...
- stock_toaster 11y ago
  They aren't actually embedding the font, they are just setting a style in the css to use a particular system font, if present.
Navarr 11y ago
You could say that - but since the font is such a large "nuisance" it serves as a distraction vector.

tracker1 11y ago

I actually like the font a lot.. it's readable, depending on size/resolution, and has a nice "unfinished" feel to it.

stock_toaster 11y ago

Didn't their weaponization of Comic Sans start with LibreSSL?

protomyth 11y ago
Beck describes it in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU [edit: slide at ~ 47 minutes]
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
  Link to specific time (exactly 49:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU&t=49m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBbhXBDmwU&t=49m
nailer 11y ago
OpenBSD's been using it way before they started LibreSSL

userbinator 11y ago

In random browsing of the Internet for networking-related topics, slide decks that I come across seem to use Comic Sans a lot more than usual too. I'm not sure if there are OpenBSD (or other BSDs) associations with that, as one of the first popular networking APIs was the Berkeley sockets.