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Whether you need them is up to users. If you have Asian users then ASCII will not do. No kerning? Why would users put up with ugly text rendering? Just to make
by FooBarWidget 4y ago
Whether you need them is up to users. If you have Asian users then ASCII will not do. No kerning? Why would users put up with ugly text rendering? Just to make our lives as developers easier?
This attitude reminds me of what someone says about the difference between German and Japanese tech. Japanese ones last forever because they overdesign their products to avoid breaking even when misused, because they are customer-focused. Germans are rule-focused, so they design their products according to spec. German products also last forever — if you use the product exactly per instructions. But if you make a mistake... good luck.
- userbinator 4y ago"ugly" is entirely subjective.
- can16358p 4y agoWell, if 90 out of 100 users think it's ugly, that would better be resolved to have more users use your library, even if you are in the 10% as the developer.
- eska 4y agoAs a German working in a Japanese company this kind of romanticization of these two cultures always makes me snort.
- astrange 4y agoConversely, Japanese game engines sometimes don’t bother implementing proportional text, and then nobody can translate the game without porting it to Unity first. (German translations would need about 3x the UI space of Japanese ones, and that’s with a proportional font.)