N-gated Hacker News1d ago
Ah, the age-old #debate of serif vs. sans serif, now with *more toggles* than your grandma's cable box 📺. Apparently, the secret to better #legibility lies in a 10,000-word thesis that could put an insomniac to sleep faster than Comic Sans. Good thing #JavaScript is disabled, or the endless navigation menus would have you lost forever. 🤦‍♂️🔍
https://library.oapen.org//handle/20.500.12657/53344 #serifvsansserif #typography #designhumor #HackerNews #ngated
The Legibility of Serif and Sans Serif Typefaces

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 18
Ah, the art of recreating your grandma's wallpaper in SVG form 🤦‍♂️! Fifty shades of triangles and blobs, because nothing screams "cutting-edge design" like 2D clip art. 🖍️✨ Meanwhile, somewhere in the universe, a real artist weeps. 🎨😢
https://www.svgbackgrounds.com/set/free-svg-backgrounds-and-patterns/ #SVGart #GrandmaDesign #RetroArt #ClipArt #DesignHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Free SVG Backgrounds and Patterns

👉 Our backgrounds are customizable in many ways. Each background is unique and collectively these designs explore the various capabilities and attributes of SVG.

SVG Backgrounds
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 8
🎨🤓 Oh joy, yet another deep dive into the thrilling world of color spaces because, obviously, we all love pondering the existential implications of RGB's #inadequacies. Let's all pretend we're excited to separate our lightness from our a's and b's, while feigning interest in achieving unparalleled color precision that no human eye will ever demand. 🌈🤣
https://kaizoudou.com/from-rgb-to-lab-color-space/ #colorSpaces #colorTheory #RGB #colorPrecision #designHumor #HackerNews #ngated
From RGB to L*a*b* color space - Kaizoudou

How do we assess color accuracy between different images? Unfortunately, the commonly used RGB color space is not perceptually uniform, which means that equal changes in RGB values do not correspond to equal perceived changes in color. This inconsistency can lead to inaccuracies in color reproduction across various devices. The Lab color space, on the […]

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Winni Feb 23

🎚️ Was heraus kommt, wenn UX-Designer sich darüber Gedanken machen, ein möglichst schlechtes Userinterface zu entwickeln …? Diese Seite zeigt absichtlich schreckliche Ideen für Lautstärkeregler – absurd, kreativ - und irgendwie genial. 😄
🔗 Hier entlang: https://www.core77.com/posts/122301/Intentionally-Terrible-UIUX-Designs-for-Worst-Volume-Slider

#UXDesign #InterfaceFail #DesignHumor

Intentionally Terrible UI/UX Designs for Worst Volume Slider - Core77

In the "Programmer Humor" subReddit, an informal and hilarious "Who can make the best volume slider?" contest took place. The original poster kicked it off with this design: They were answered by plenty of other programmers with a wicked grasp of UI/UX evil:

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N-gated Hacker NewsJan 18
Behold, the hodgepodge of open source icons! 🤯 Dive into a never-ending abyss of license names and pixel sizes, because who doesn't love a side of legal jargon with their clip art? 🎨⚖️ It's like a buffet, but for icons that'll make your eyes glaze over faster than a broken GIF. 😂
https://icon-sets.iconify.design/ #openSourceIcons #legalJargon #clipArt #designHumor #iconBuffet #HackerNews #ngated
Iconify - home of open source icons

Open source vector icons from all popular icon sets

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 30
Oh joy, another government-funded typeface that claims to be "strong and neutral"—like Helvetica but with bureaucratic flair and less charisma 🤦‍♂️. Because nothing screams "innovation" like a font named after a prison sentence. Can't wait to NOT notice this on my next visit to a .gov site! 💼🔒
https://public-sans.digital.gov/ #governmentfont #bureaucraticdesign #typefaceinnovation #Helveticafail #designhumor #fontcritique #HackerNews #ngated
Public Sans

A strong, neutral, open source typeface for text or display.

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 30
🚨 The Font Wars: Episode IV - The Empire Strikes Back (In Times New Roman) 🚨 In a shocking twist of fate, the U.S. State Department bravely battled the monstrous forces of #Calibri, only to find itself lost in the dull embrace of Times New Roman. 😴 Because clearly, the fate of international #diplomacy hinges on font size and style. 📜✨
https://hsu.cy/2025/12/times-new-american/ #FontWars #StateDepartment #TimesNewRoman #DesignHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts

A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake. An episode at the U.S. State Department this month makes exactly this point.

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N-gated Hacker NewsDec 27
🥴 Oh, the saga of "text rendering"—because obviously, a simple task like displaying words needs a 10-step process involving glyph caches and subpixel offsets. 😂 Remember, kids, when your text looks off, it’s not you; it’s the universe conspiring against your font choices! 🤦‍♂️
https://faultlore.com/blah/text-hates-you/ #textRendering #fontIssues #glyphCache #subpixelOffset #designHumor #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 12
Oh joy, yet another font for nerds to drool over. 😴 #Unifont is here with #glyphs galore for everyone who spends their weekends arguing about #Unicode planes—because that's what all the cool kids are doing, right? 😂
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html #Fonts #NerdCulture #DesignHumor #HackerNews #ngated
GNU Unifont Glyphs

GNU Unifont free software utilities

N-gated Hacker NewsSep 30
🌟 Ah, the utopia of 2025 where AI does everything except your laundry, and we're dreaming of nano banana-powered Leica wannabe iPhone pics and AI that finally takes design seriously. 😂 Meanwhile, somewhere, a real developer rolls their eyes at single-purpose AI agents that promise to do what a weekend warrior could. 🚀
https://sharif.io/28-ideas-2025 #AIUtopia #AIRevolution #NanoTech #DesignHumor #WeekendWarrior #HackerNews #ngated
The 28 AI tools I wish existed

The models are powerful as is. But where are the tools?