benteh

since i am bored and frenetically looking for a new job –

anyone want a talk about
- advanced typography, variable fonts, that reduce loadtime from 400 to 36

- generative colour and colour schemes in #OKLCH

i'm your woman!

Feb 24 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 24

@benteh

Don't want to talk about either, adding custom local fonts to my website has taken all the fun out of it.

Do think i should use my local Borgfont instead of fontawesome icons. Every tech road taken seems to lead inevitably to *more isolation*.

Oh well. And i've got no idea what that acronym even means.

I do like you though.

Show threadbentehFeb 24
@verymetalsite custom ttf and woof is a problem ? 😶
Show threadbentehFeb 24

@verymetalsite sorry you didn't want to talk about it 😆

i like you too

Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 24

@benteh

*reading up on the hashtag*

Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 24
@benteh It's a colorpicker program 🤦‍♂️
Show threadbentehFeb 24
@verymetalsite ?! picker?
Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 24
@benteh It's a whole CSS colorscheme program? *woozy face*
Show threadbentehFeb 24

@verymetalsite ooh my. it is a perceptual colourspace buildt on its own complicated computations of human vision. then you can use css to do a lot of schmancy stuff

https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/exploring-the-oklch-ecosystem-and-its-tools

Show threadbentehFeb 24
@verymetalsite it is not a css-thing; it is a digital colourspace. you might even be able to configure your laptop
Show threadbentehFeb 24

@verymetalsite took me a bit of time to get my head around it and understand how the relational computations work

https://oklch.com/#0.7,0.1,198,100

OKLCH Color Picker & Converter

OKLCH is a new way to encode colors (like hex, RGBA, or HSL)

Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 24

@benteh

LOL no ... i'm done customizing desktops, too happy with my current Fedora one. Looks like a useful tool.

Show threadbentehFeb 24
@verymetalsite there will be colour space settings on your machine level – but nevermind, this is rabbit-hole-department :D
Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 24

@benteh

If there's one thing i love about me penguin brethern is that they're so goddamned serious about *everything*.

Show threadbentehFeb 25
@verymetalsite pretty much had had enough of the penguins in 2007..
Show threadHenri VerymetaldevFeb 25

@benteh

They're so ... penguiny and rumor control has it that they've even stollen Greenland.

Show threadSashinFeb 24
@benteh wait what are these fonts and how do they work? I want faster load times on my websites!
Show threadbentehFeb 24

@sashin you use variable fonts. they are in essence one file for multiple fonts, reducing size considerably.

they have axies: enormous room for variants & animation. i made this https://codepen.io/benteh/full/NWQaroE

you can use variable fonts in css & keep your normal as a fallback – those will not load ff the browser utilises the variable file.

you can for ex play with Robotos ridiculous amonunt of axes here https://v-fonts.com/fonts/roboto-flex

takes a bit of time to actually get your head around it, but worth it

variable fonts 2

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