Matt SuttererAug 17, 2023
Scott Barolo

If you want to enter a prediction bracket for the #FontBracket tournament, here's a page with simple instructions and links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jnFCjDUCrgZpyTvlMPi03I83GxOaPwkvsRh9MPvgN0Q/edit?usp=sharing

Submit your brackets by Saturday August 19th; polls will start the next day.

#FontBracket tournament: rules and links

#FontBracket Tournament of Typefaces: Rules and Links by Scott Barolo @sbarolo.bsky.social (bluesky), @[email protected] (mastodon) Read all this stuff before you submit a bracket. 1. #FontBracket is a single-elimination tournament of 64 fonts/typefaces that use the Latin alphabet. Each matc...

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Read all this stuff before you submit a bracket.

1. #FontBracket is a single-elimination tournament of 64 fonts/typefaces that use the Latin alphabet. Each match is a poll between 2 fonts. I’ll run each poll on both Mastodon and Bluesky. Matches will start on Sunday, August 20th, 2023.
A PDF bracket showing all 64 matches can be downloaded at this link, or you can copy the image above. https://www.dropbox.com/s/v1k9ftg9l3l6m22/fontbracket.sbarolo.pdf?dl=0

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2. To enter a bracket into the competition:
a. Donate equivalent of USD$10 or more to any charity / mutual aid, if you can afford to. If you can’t donate right now, see point 4.
b. Those with cushy jobs: maybe give more?
c. Download a bracket (see link above).
d. Fill it out by hand—it makes completing the online form much easier.
e. Submit your predictions by Saturday, August 19th using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/3BovUjnyaMf1dCBC6
#fontbracket submission form, August 2023

You can download a PDF of the bracket here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v1k9ftg9l3l6m22/fontbracket.sbarolo.pdf?dl=0 Details and instructions are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jnFCjDUCrgZpyTvlMPi03I83GxOaPwkvsRh9MPvgN0Q/edit?usp=sharing Submit your tournament predictions by Saturday, August 19, 2023. Polls begin the next day.

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3. Any charity that helps alleviate suffering is fine. Don't send me money. The submission form will ask for the name of the charity you gave to (on or after August 12th, 2023).
After the tournament I will post links to the chosen charities of the bracketeers, so that others can donate. I won’t reveal the amount donated.
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4. If you can't afford to donate right now, you can still submit a bracket to the official competition.
Hopefully, generous donors will step forward to sponsor your bracket with a $10 (or more) donation to any charity. Please let me know (via Mastodon or Bsky) if you want to sponsor others.
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5. How you can help:
Make a donation to your charity of choice and enter the tournament!
Contact me to sponsor entries for those who can’t afford to give to charity right now. Your $10 donation to any charity will sponsor one person’s entry.
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5. How you can help (continued):
Pledge to donate to one of the winning bracketeers’ chosen charities! (There’s a question about this on the Google form.) You aren’t obligated to give to any cause you don’t like. You can pledge to one of the top 10 bracketeers’ chosen charities, or to the top-scoring bracket that picks your favorite font as the winner, or to the lowest-scoring bracket—whatever you want. This is a way of multiplying people’s donations.
Show threadScott BaroloAug 14, 2023
Five #fontbracket.s have been submitted so far, with 5 different winners predicted. Out of 64 matches in the tournament, all brackets agree on only three of them. Enter your brackets by Saturday
Show threadpetnoodleAug 12, 2023
@sbarolo I love how this is going to end up as a serif vs sans serif smackdown
Show threadScott BaroloAug 12, 2023
@petnoodle
Show threadHuge SharkAug 13, 2023
@petnoodle @sbarolo I AM HERE FOR THE SERIFS …uhhh unless it’s an ugly one
Show threadpetnoodleAug 14, 2023
@hugeshark @sbarolo I guess this is the wrong crowd for confessing that I actually like Calibri #TeamSansSerif
Show threadHuge SharkAug 14, 2023
@petnoodle @sbarolo I actually use it every day 😅
Show threadScott BaroloAug 14, 2023
@petnoodle @hugeshark
Show threadScott BaroloAug 17, 2023
*all* of the #fontbracket’s submitted so far have picked different winning fonts lol
Show threadScott BaroloAug 17, 2023
whoever picked Mrs Eaves to go all the way, I love u
Show threadScott BaroloAug 18, 2023
Don’t forget to submit that #FontBracket by tomorrow!! Font polls start on Sunday
Show threadMatt SuttererAug 17, 2023

@sbarolo hey #neuroscience Mastadon, if you’re looking for something trivial to argue over before faculty meetings or co-first authorship arguments kick into gear this #FontBracket should be right up your alley and raising money for charities.

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