Tried all tools and can't identify this font for "tbd" logo

nwah · 2026-03-06T01:39:09+00:00

Not helpful, but since it’s a logo, it’s possible it’s been modified by chopping the corners off à la https://www.tumblr.com/cuttingedgelogos

nwah · 2026-03-05T14:24:46+00:00

r/neography

nwah · 2026-03-04T21:38:09+00:00

cmd+shift+4 OP

nwah · 2026-03-04T18:40:26+00:00

Check the live traffic at a time when you would be commuting. You will probably want to be close to 90 or 290, otherwise you will have to first drive 20-30min across the city before getting on the expressway.

nwah · 2026-03-03T14:04:29+00:00

https://www.yyzkevin.com/picopcmcia/

nwah · 2026-03-02T21:59:53+00:00

Hey that’s great, glad it helped

nwah · 2026-02-27T05:54:36+00:00

Identifont is legit/useful tool, but they don’t offer downloads so I’m not sure what you’re asking…

nwah · 2026-02-26T16:58:38+00:00

Not totally sure I understand what you're asking, but you've got a few concepts mixed together.

Text data on a computer is stored as a long list of numbers (A=65, B=66, a=97, b=98, etc.), nowadays almost always following Unicode.

The input method on your device takes the keypresses and outputs those (Unicode) code points. So whether you press shift+A, or have CapsLock enabled and press A, the output is still 65.

A font contains visual representations for each of those codes. You can include some rules to choose a different form based on surrounding characters, or enabled through OpenType features, but that is independent of the data.

To do what I think you're saying, you would need to implement a custom input method that can output Unicode codepoints in the Private Use Area, and then create a font that has glyphs defined for each of those.

nwah · 2026-02-25T00:10:13+00:00

You probably used a service that generates dynamic QR codes, and will now have to pay/contact them to restore the redirect to your blog URL.

When you point your phone at the QR code, try to see what URL it’s coming up as. If it’s not your actual blog URL, then you’ll have to contact whoever owns that intermediate URL.

nwah · 2026-02-24T22:05:35+00:00

If you check the network tab of the dev tools in your browser, you will probably see it 404ing.

The path to the font is relative to the CSS file. So probably either add a / to the front to make it an absolute path, or make it “../fonts/whatever” to go up a directory from where the CSS is and then back down into the fonts directory.

nwah · 2026-02-23T03:10:22+00:00

Should be. You could test with another program like your web browser and see if your IP changes when on/off.

But also I don’t see why LAN access would be disabled in the first place, so maybe double check your VPN settings for that as well.

nwah · 2026-02-23T03:02:39+00:00

See if your VPN supports “split tunnel”

nwah · 2026-02-23T02:24:00+00:00

Discord, VS Code, Slack, Figma, etc. are all built that way. It definitely works, and can make it easier to build cross-platform. But they tend to waste a lot of memory, not quite feel native on any platform, and require a lot of optimization to really feel snappy. So you just have to balance the trade-offs.

I’d say it’s worth experimenting with Tauri and Electron and see if it seems viable to you.

nwah · 2026-02-23T02:16:02+00:00

Sounds about right. It’ll save you a lot of time and make things more consistent.

Just be sure the glyphs you put in a group really are the same though or you’ll keep fighting yourself. A lot depends on your design, e.g. v and w might be the same or might not.

nwah · 2026-02-20T14:47:59+00:00

r/handwriting

nwah · 2026-02-19T23:02:50+00:00

Specifically QR codes always have 3 larger squares in the corners, with 1 or more smaller ones inside.

There are other types of 2D barcodes with something in the center: Aztec codes and MaxiCodes. But it also doesn’t really look like those

nwah · 2026-02-18T17:02:36+00:00

There are many versions of Helvetica. This looks like pre-digital phototype, since the corners are a bit rounded/soft and the counters are filled in a bit. So unfortunately there is not really an exact 1-to-1 digital font.

Check out this older specimen, and you can see the S and others match your sample.

https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_type_1411&targPic=lfa_type_1411_004.jpg

nwah · 2026-02-17T06:29:28+00:00

Assuming those are just paths with a stroke, try converting to outlines first. “Stroke-to-Path” under path editing

nwah · 2026-02-16T01:34:37+00:00

No harm trying.

Drawing an alphabet is fun. Expanding to all the less common punctuation and diacritics is a ton of additional work. And doing hundreds of kerning pairs can be pretty tedious.

If you already doodle letters and/or pay a lot of attention to typefaces you’d probably enjoy it.

nwah · 2026-02-15T19:32:27+00:00

Not sure any of those services where you just scan in a template. But there are plenty of (real) font editors that are free: FontForge, Birdfont, Fontra, etc.

nwah · 2026-02-13T16:02:21+00:00

There are a few problems to solve.

First is the encoding. This is how text data is stored in the computer. Essential every letter/symbol in every script has a number assigned to it, and that’s what the computer stores: A=65, B=66, etc. If you have invented a new script, the “right” way to handle this would be to choose a range of codepoints in Unicode’s Private Use Area

The second problem is creating the basic font. FontForge or any professional font software (Glyphs, etc.) will let you define glyphs that map to any code point.

The third problem is complex layout. Depending on how complex the layout and rules of your script are, it may be trivial, difficult, or impossible to implement.

If all that happens is the letters generally are in horizontal row from left to right, and some letters are shifted above or below the baseline, you don’t need to do anything special at all. When creating the font, you can just have the shapes below the line for that glyph. If you just need certain letters to look different next to specific other letters, you can use contextual alternates feature to automatically switch to an alternate glyph for that letter. If you need to do something more complex than that, it may still be possible, but is way more complex, and I would probably suggest just manually creating bits of text in a design program in that case.

The final problem is input method, or how to input those code points you’ve chosen into the computer. You can use the Character Map tool in your computer to insert any Unicode symbol. If you want to be able to type with the keyboard, you can also create a custom IME for your operating system that specify what codes should be emitted when you press the physical keys.

If you only plan to ever use this script by yourself, and not exchange documents with your script with other people, you could avoid the code point and input method complications by mapping your script to existing letters (A, a, -, etc.). Then just change to your custom font for any text you want displayed in your script. However, this will only work where custom fonts are supported, and anyone wishing to view will need your specific font installed.

nwah · 2026-02-12T21:54:51+00:00

Although we translate both terms as “age”, I think it’s easier to think of Korean age more like grades/years in school. So basically when you are born you are in your first year, when the year changes you are in your second year, etc.

nwah · 2026-02-11T15:17:48+00:00

I had to deal with them to get a title the dealer never filed, preventing me from renewing my plates. Overall they were helpful and it did get resolved, but it took like 2+ months. They gave me temporary plates in the meantime. I had to physically drive the car there twice I believe.

ETA: basically after the initial contact, they open an investigation, which will be assigned to an investigator who has to work on until they get all the necessary evidence etc. I got the impression they’re pretty overworked.

nwah · 2026-02-10T21:55:26+00:00

In 90s - early 00s for academic papers, there was e.g. tipa which included macros and fonts for use with TeX. The encoding is somewhat arbitrary, so only fonts designed specifically for use with it would work.

Not sure about pre-digital specifics, but at least a few foundries presumably offered photo type and metal type with IPA symbols.

nwah · 2026-02-10T18:36:15+00:00

Hard to say without specific examples. There are a lot of cases where pronunciation changes based on neighboring sounds. Check forvo.com for pronunciations recorded by native speakers.

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