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This is great! It's informative enough to end users when a glyph is missing, and stands out for developer eyes when a web font subset doesn't include particular

by Ayesh 6y ago

This is great! It's informative enough to end users when a glyph is missing, and stands out for developer eyes when a web font subset doesn't include particular characters. I am a native Sinhalese (that ක is from it), and there aren't enough web fonts that cover those glyphs. If the system fonts don't cover those glyphs (Windows, Linux, and MacOS versions do, but many feature phones, treadmill browsers, etc don't). I'd love to see this font (which appears to be only sub 500kb) instead of those ugly boxes that don't convey any information whatsoever.

danielheath 6y ago
Depending on the site, 500kb is not an insignificant addition. I'd love to see browsers ship it, though.
- swiley 6y ago
  It's way smaller than 20mb for unifont.
- Scaevolus 6y ago
  It's only 103KB in WOFF2.
j4nt4b 6y ago
Which treadmill browser are you referring to?
- Ayesh 6y ago
  Technogym Run 700, the one I see at my gym. They have a multi language setup including chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and that's as far as glyphes seem to go.
- inopinatus 6y ago
  Oh, haha. I’d read that and incorrectly inferred a sardonic reference to the “evergreen” browsers and their endless upgrade treadmill. But, nope, not a metaphor, an actual treadmill.
  - j4nt4b 6y ago
    I didn't even consider that! But certainly there's a ring to the term "Treadmill Browser".