Cat Hicks
Cursed idea: Implicit Association Test but it's for programmers and their reaction to fonts and color choices
Feb 27 at 6:07pmWeb
Show threadcmwFeb 27
@grimalkina
All fonts are wrong, but some are useful.
Show threadPeter LudemannFeb 27
@cmw @grimalkina
I stopped reading CACM, partly because their typography (font and leading) was so awful.
Show threadMatt HallFeb 27

@grimalkina

Oh...

I'm gonna get judged for my judgement...

Show threadMikeStokFeb 27

@grimalkina if I can’t easily spot the difference between AI and Al, or ≥ and >= then I have opinions about the font in use in most contexts.

As for colours, that’s even more context sensitive.

Luckily for me my opinions are right 😉.

(If you’re using a sans serif font with “coding ligatures” and a muddy colour scheme like solarized then you’re most likely not on my Xmas card list)

Show threadCat HicksFeb 27

@MikeStok what is muddy to you is tranquil to me!

https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/116144120134673642

Show threadMikeStokFeb 28

@grimalkina what’s muddy to me now was a delight in the 2010s.

A benefit of my life running out like sand, and my eyes dimming, is that I finally have some insight into the difficulties of others. I am ashamed that it took me 60+ years to get there.

Show threadCat HicksFeb 28
@MikeStok getting there at all is a beautiful thing
Show threadChris TurnbowFeb 27

@grimalkina

I am pretty sure that I hate them all

Show threadCat HicksFeb 27
@cturnbow it would be interesting to know if people have stronger negative preferences than positive prefs
Show threadGrantFeb 28
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Show threadAndy WoottonFeb 28
@grimalkina I programmed before there was any choice of fonts or colours. I don't know if this is why I only care if I can differentiate between individual letters and that the colours don't hurt my eyes. My first terminal wasn't even content-addressable. It was bashed out of sheet metal, painted brown and cream and only wrote downwards.