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Slightly off-topic but I'm struggling to understand the choice of that weird looping font the web page uses for keywords in code.

Xelynega 4y ago
Cursive?
- urbandw311er 4y ago
  Yes, that's the one. Very hard to read quickly, and an odd choice for a use case that I'd think would require absolute clarity and rapid recognition.
  - cityofdelusion 4y ago
    If you know cursive, it usually reads fast and clear. I don't think it is widely taught anymore though, as it was mostly a footnote when I was in school many years ago. It is a strange choice for the article considering the rarity of cursive these days.
    - rhacker 4y ago
      The cursive throws me off and I am heavily distracted by it. teho (to each his own)
  - Joker_vD 4y ago
    I'd argue, on the contrary, it's perfect for keywords: you recognized those mostly by shape anyway, so now they don't even look like actual names which is an upside for me.
- arrakeen 4y ago
  it's not cursive because the letters are not connected (unless my fontconfig setup is messed up). these are cursive letterforms completely divorced from their utility which makes them awkward and jarring
ezfe 4y ago
Not uncommon but still baffling
robgibbons 4y ago
That's called Cursive. A an elegant style of handwriting from a more civilized age.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  If you're handwriting, sure. But only for your code snippets? That's a bit weird.
david422 4y ago
It's funny, it's just font-style: italic I've never seen that before.
politician 4y ago
It’s cursive. They used to teach it in school.
alanning 4y ago
I didn't know what you were referring to since I use FF with NoScript. Enabled javascript for the domain and whoa, that is really hard to read. Very strange choice, the article is much easier to read with the default browser fonts. So I guess javascript-blockers FTW?
dcre 4y ago
It is awful. Fortunately most people seem to agree and do not use it.
trissylegs 4y ago
Yeah that's how Cascadia Code renders italic.
cpr 4y ago
Try Operator Mono Lig -- beautiful & readable italics for code styling.
brycewray 4y ago
Yes, and it’s not just because it’s cursive. I’m in my late sixties so am thoroughly familiar with cursive — just have no use for it as a font, much less in code.

Xelynega 4y ago

Cursive?

urbandw311er 4y ago
Yes, that's the one. Very hard to read quickly, and an odd choice for a use case that I'd think would require absolute clarity and rapid recognition.
- cityofdelusion 4y ago
  If you know cursive, it usually reads fast and clear. I don't think it is widely taught anymore though, as it was mostly a footnote when I was in school many years ago. It is a strange choice for the article considering the rarity of cursive these days.
  - rhacker 4y ago
    The cursive throws me off and I am heavily distracted by it. teho (to each his own)
- Joker_vD 4y ago
  I'd argue, on the contrary, it's perfect for keywords: you recognized those mostly by shape anyway, so now they don't even look like actual names which is an upside for me.
arrakeen 4y ago
it's not cursive because the letters are not connected (unless my fontconfig setup is messed up). these are cursive letterforms completely divorced from their utility which makes them awkward and jarring

ezfe 4y ago

Not uncommon but still baffling

robgibbons 4y ago

That's called Cursive. A an elegant style of handwriting from a more civilized age.

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
If you're handwriting, sure. But only for your code snippets? That's a bit weird.

david422 4y ago

It's funny, it's just font-style: italic I've never seen that before.

politician 4y ago

It’s cursive. They used to teach it in school.

alanning 4y ago

I didn't know what you were referring to since I use FF with NoScript. Enabled javascript for the domain and whoa, that is really hard to read. Very strange choice, the article is much easier to read with the default browser fonts. So I guess javascript-blockers FTW?

dcre 4y ago

It is awful. Fortunately most people seem to agree and do not use it.

trissylegs 4y ago

Yeah that's how Cascadia Code renders italic.

cpr 4y ago

Try Operator Mono Lig -- beautiful & readable italics for code styling.

brycewray 4y ago

Yes, and it’s not just because it’s cursive. I’m in my late sixties so am thoroughly familiar with cursive — just have no use for it as a font, much less in code.