Nokia done so many things for the user interfaces in general, like they’re the power behind QT as well.
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And here I was, thinking it was Hayley Duncan with A.G. Cook and SOPHIE
article has links to download the font ☞ https://en.maisfontes.com/font-family/nokia-sans-font-family-download-free
For those, like me, with the memory of a goldfish:
“You’ll quickly discover you shouldn’t use the regular variant, but should instead opt for the Nokia Sans Wide variant.”
As a programmer, I'm disappointed there isn't a monospace variant.
You'll be stuck with Fira Code forever! Hue hue hue hue
I'm actually using Monaspace Neon from Microsoft of all things. Before that it was Deja Vu Sans Mono
The Nokia font was a "tweak" on the original Macintosh desktop font, but kicked up for different DPI and even lower res displays. Pretty clever.
It's probably used on this plaque, which has some awful grammar and typography for being carved in stone:
awful grammar and typography for being carved in stone
It's got some chunky sentences and it needs a comma twice and a hyphen once; but is Lemmy the place to talk about this? For instance, it's got
- no kid-pidgen, with the lols and mids and caps.
- not a single comma splice or a run-on sentence.
- some punctuation to speak of; which truly sets it apart.
Honestly, it scores above the curve, for Lemmy or for engraving. There's surprisingly bad writing on recent monuments.
hes rite u no
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Is the second line from the bottom in a smaller font than the rest? Apparently this person has never hand drawn any sort of banner or poster before. Classic mistake.
Line 3 too, and also the title.
I know but this was carved by CNC in the age of digital typography, so there's no excuse.
Color me uncultured, I would have believed it was helvtica if you told me it was.
Just want to mention "Leica" font. Bahnschrift comes closest to it.
Am I the only person that gives no fucks about fonts?
You do give a shit about fonts, you just don't give a shit about discussing font choices.
I assume that if the global choice was something like Papyrus, or Windings, you'd care.
Unless it's some dumb font that makes shit harder to read, I couldn't give a shit which font is on my devices.
*as long as its a font you like you dont care. Plenty of easy to read fonts that you would absolutely hate if they were enabled by default. Luckily the people who pick default fonts like fonts enough to choose good ones.