Pere Farrando

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Typography aficionado, copyeditor, proofreader, typesetter, teacher, Catalan, he. I also teach at a master’s on Shifta by Elisava.
Other interests: fountain pens & ink, history of writing.
Account in Catalan: @preedicio
typography
writing
typeface
typesetting

Latest comic on the ever-expanding meaning of the insult "PC"

#language #war #cartoon #comic #humanrights

Get noodled.
@mwichary Line height has been increased to compensate for excessive line width.
Environmental Hero Makes Fossil Fuels Too Expensive for Anyone to Keep Using: https://theneedling.com/2026/02/08/environmental-hero-makes-fossil-fuels-too-expensive-for-anyone-to-keep-using/

I try to tell myself "Write in it anyway", and sometimes that works, yet I have a few on my shelf sitting there not doing much more than looking nice.

I'd never toss them away, though!

#Stationery #FountainPens

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I love the fediverse but I still don't understand how to search on it, everything feels really divided and unaccessible. When I go on a profile outside my own instance (like mastodon.social), I can't even see user's post. I understand the point of the fediverse but it feels broken as a tool of communication.
@alerque Agreed.
When copyediting and translating, AI engines may be quite efficient, say 95%, but one must garantee 100% checking top to bottom anyway, so, you see, little gain here.
@w3c @tajpulo Not good news at all.