Ian Betteridge

Oh this is absolute genius.

https://www.abbyhaddican.com/times-new-resistance

Times New Resistance — Abby Haddican

Times New Resistance is a font that autocorrects the autocrats. Download, distribute, disrupt! Free, just like America used to be.

Abby Haddican
Feb 4 at 7:18pmWeb
Show threadMans RFeb 4
@ianbetteridge Fun with ligatures?
Show threadIan BetteridgeFeb 4
@mansr Oooh errr missus
Show threadWorkshopshedFeb 9
@drj how does this work?
Show threadDavid JONESFeb 9
@Workshopshed As the web page says: "The font has been modified to autocorrect specific words."; this already happens in many fonts on a smaller scale: Often /f followed by /i is replaced by the /f_i ligature. OpenType Layout rules let you have as many of these as you like (sort of, there are space and format limitations), so it would be possible to replace /G/O/P with /K/K/K. My own Koch Up font, https://drj11.itch.io/koch-up-font, uses them to change certain glyphs to better fit the lettershape. E.G. The word REFER will have 2 different shapes of /E
Koch Up Font by David Jones (CubicType)

An informal font based on Rudolf Koch’s drawings

itch.io
Show threadWorkshopshedFeb 9
@drj I didn't realise fonts had that capability.