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> The only two websites I've encountered where I actually notice it, and remember that I did that, is Google Translate and a particular government website I use
by ratww 5y ago
> The only two websites I've encountered where I actually notice it, and remember that I did that, is Google Translate and a particular government website I use about once a year.
That's probably because of the Google Material Icons font, I believe? It shows or used to show text instead of icons when it couldn't load.
- shakna 5y ago> That's probably because of the Google Material Icons font, I believe? It shows or used to show text instead of icons when it couldn't load. All icon fonts _should_ do this. It's just that the Google Translate site is designed in such a way that the fallback text doesn't render correctly, overflowing and overlapping over everything else, which makes it noticeable. It seems to very much be a 'pixel perfect' design, rather than responsive. Everywhere else, the fallback fits naturally, or renders to a standardised UTF-8 symbol, so that it isn't noticeable to me for day-to-day usage.