Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Meech17]

And this is the only thing I think should matter about fonts. I think Whizbang's point was more about the snobbery and posturing you see online around them. But I have dyslexia and a font that is hard to read is definitely going to trip me up. I still think though most of the time, the issue is things like kerning, line spacing, margins, font size, etc (though I have run into plenty of fonts I wouldn't want to have to read a whole book of). Another thing is I think the legibility issue is around fonts that are rarely discussed in the conversations. These are really more about how hip a person's taste are and I think showing off our hipness around font choices is a bit mean spirited to people who simply don't know much about fonts (fonts are a pretty dull topic to most people I think). People make fun of courier but it is still standard for a lot of industries for documents that aren't being printed for the public. I find it quite legible. For example I am pretty sure movie scripts are still written in courier.

I really like courier, and other type-writer looking fonts..

Also fun fact.. If you google "Courier Font" it changes the page to the font type.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Helvetica is above it all, assigning alignments to the other fonts

Three fonts for the illustrators that are Adobe's pride,
Seven for Fleet Street near the chimes of Big Ben,
Nine versions of papyrus that James Cameron tried,
One for the type lord living in Brooklyn
In the Land of Helvetica where Serifs are denied.
One Font to rule them all, One Font to find them,
One Font to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Helvetica where Serifs are denied.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, I think you already know the answer to this!

You are not compelled to form any opinion about this matter before you, nor to disturb your peace of mind at all. Things in themselves have no power to extort a verdict from you.
-Abraham Lincoln, discussing why he always dodged jury service.

Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, so never had to serve on a jury

 

[Thomas Shey]

Thank you, I've been playing since 1979.

I didn't mean to be snarky there so much as to note people overextend how common that was.

By the time you've got 20 +1 magic weapons to spare, you're fighting stuff that requires magical weapons to hit.

Eh. I saw player groups as a set acquire those by fifth level. Magic weapons were just too common a treasure yield. You could spend a lot of time fighting things that didn't need magic weapons still in that period. At least in OD&D (I can't speak of AD&D in any informed fashion).

 

[Thomas Shey]

Typically my henchmen/hirelings stayed behind to make sure that we still had wagons and horses when we returned. When we got to levels that meant we weren't typically leaving such things behind it meant that the hirelings wouldn't likely have survived anyway, so we just didn't have them.

Much the same, and I rarely saw anyone bother with them in large numbers; just a couple as animal tenders (and occasionally sherpas in environments where animals weren't super-practical).

 

[Thomas Shey]

I feel like fonts and the Oxford comma aren't things that professional writers care about, just people who would like to think that, in another life, they could have been professional writers.

I see a lot of dotcom guys with strong opinions about the Oxford comma, while simultaneously being the type to just have Google Gemini compose all their emails anyway.

Also, justice for Verdana, the great forgotten hero of the early internet age.

I have to admit I still use Verdana a lot just because I find it more consistently readable.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, so never had to serve on a jury

That's a common belief, but not actually true!

It really depends on where you are at. Yes, it is true that generally, lawyers don't want lawyers on the jury. However, it's not some per se rule. So, whether it's because of the area (some places have trouble getting jurors, other places, like DC, have a lot of lawyers) or because the people trying the case don't really care, or other reasons ...

Lawyers can be on the jury. Sure, they are a lot more likely to get excluded, but being an attorney isn't a "get out of jury service free" card.


Note- It is super important that you (people in general) serve on juries! I know it seems like a hassle, and it can be a hassle. But it's how the system works. Please don't shirk your duty. First, because some places take it super serious, and you can get in a lot of trouble. Second, well, it's the right thing to do.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I'm a professional writer and have been a professional editor. Most writers care a lot about "silly things" like the Oxford comma, others don't care at all. Some care way, way too much. It takes all kinds.

I've also been a professional book designer. The wrong font can utterly ruin a book. Too many kinds of fonts on a page can ruin the page. Etc. It's one of the reasons I love to hate Mörk Borg. I love me some punk zine/poster design, but MB is just an eye sore.

One of the things I notice a lot these days (because I read a lot of PDFs and, well, am getting old) is that font/text color/background color combos that might be at least tolerable on a physical page can be next to unreadable in PDF. And people seem oblivious to it (my point-at example here is the non-print-friendly version of the Star Trek Adventures PDFs. Thank the gods they had a print-friendly version too).

 

[Thomas Shey]

Note- It is super important that you (people in general) serve on juries! I know it seems like a hassle, and it can be a hassle. But it's how the system works. Please don't shirk your duty. First, because some places take it super serious, and you can get in a lot of trouble. Second, well, it's the right thing to do.

Ironically, I'd be much more willing to sit in a jury these days since I'm (effectively) retired, and found the one I sat in decades ago very interesting, but I have an otherwise minor medical issue that makes it impractical.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Do you want to donate to this/sign up for that/receive texts about...?

No. I want to fill up my car and go home.

Shut up, gas pump - you're an inanimate object; stop talking to me.


Gas prices are ridiculous, but I'm still not interested in applying for a loan at the pump.