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Words of Type

131 points by tobr

by nine_k

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I love the slightly whimsical design of the site, clear as a children's book, or as a technical drafting.

by manithree

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This is the kind of advertising I can appreciate. Useful, even some uncommon information showcasing purchasable products.
I'd never buy a font advertised here (I've never needed a font that wasn't free bad enough to pay money for one), but it's pull, not push, so kudos.

by ashm1104

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Damn, I was on the site for good 5 mins, is my attention span healing? Great info btw

by EvanAnderson

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Pretty nice. I been a type aficionado since I was a kid. I loved taking elective typography in college, though my capstone typeface sucked pretty bad.
I was surprised not to see the word "stress" in there.

by TheCrimsonSails

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Very attractive art style and details. I found it nice that some of them have references as well!

by mulhoon

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by navigate8310

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by riffraff

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some of those seem like only very vaguely related to types (binding, EULA). Maybe the author just asked some LLM to provide more filler.
But other than that, this is quite nice.

by pixlmint

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by NackerHughes

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This is vibecoded. How are we supposed to believe that any of the descriptions aren't hallucinated?

by alwinaugustin

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