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yeah me too. :-( dang should change the clickbaity title.

• coldtea 4y ago
  No one involved in typography, typesetting, DTP, and graphic design (the target audience) would even conflate this title with diabetes... The website is called "typenetwork" even. Not everything is "clickbait"...
  • frogulis 4y ago
    "type" is a very common and overloaded word. Consider its meaning for designers, programmers, taxonomy, keyboard enthusiasts, diabetics, Pokemon fans, and so on. The website being called "typenetwork" doesn't clarify much to me. If I had to pick a topic to associate "type 1" with, it would be diabetes, personally. You're absolutely right that it's not clickbait, but it is confusing, considering we're not on a website focused on typography or graphic design.
    • coldtea 4y ago
      >"type" is a very common and overloaded word Yes. Just not in the audience of that publication. You're just not their type of reader (pun intended)
      • Sharlin 4y ago
        The point is that the HN title should be changed in this case, even though the normal advice is to keep the original title.
      • ptero 4y ago
        The request was not to change the title on the linked website, but have a HN title reflect the clarification that is important for many HN readers.
  • pastage 4y ago
    My thoughts went; diabetes.. network provider. I have worked extensively with PS Type 1 fonts. The title is unnecessary short, even if this was a PostScript working group.
  • moomin 4y ago
    Which made me think it was going to be about Haskell.
  • BongoMcCat 4y ago
    I clicked the comments here just to find out what type 1 means, I saw that the site was called "typenetwork", and that didn't mean anything to me. It might not be clickbait as in it is not intentionally misleading, but it still is a very confusing title. Not everyone that visits this site is a typography expert...