tanteFeb 24
The Times New Resistance font is a work of art.
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
Show thread:ulfr:Feb 24

@tante How it works
Times New Resistance autocorrects specific words as they are typed.

That's what it does, but how does it work? :)

My best guess is, a boatload of custom ligatures to, you know, make certain glyph combinations more readable and visually pleasant. Chef's kiss!

Show threadbeaiouns 
@ulfr @tante yeah I didn't even realize you could so stuff like this in a font file, would love to hear some of the technical details as well, this is really cool and opens up a lot of possibilities
Feb 24 at 3:31pmWeb
Show threadtanteFeb 24
@beaiouns @ulfr it's called ligatures. A ligatures is a symbol in a font that replaces other symbols being put next to one another. It's intended to be able to design pretty "ff" or so, but this experiment really went with it ;)
Show thread:ulfr:Feb 24
@tante Thanks for confirming! In my eyes this was the only portable way for a font to pull off a stunt like that, didn't get to check right away. Appreciate the elegance, too! @beaiouns