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A font that humans can read but AI cannot

https://www.mixfont.com/ghost-font

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870381

#HackerNews #font #technology #AI #readability #design #innovation #GhostFont

A font that humans can read but AI cannot

https://www.mixfont.com/ghost-font

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48870381

#HackerNews #font #technology #AI #readability #design #innovation #GhostFont

2. Well, all type becomes unreadable, if gets small enough. But you can carefully choose that moment, or just let it happen. Probably someone else will tell you.
3. Better to pay attention to the bus when you’re close, and not to the ads on its flank. There is a reason they make them red.

This Readable Objects animation: handdrawn, mixed media but mostly in Procreate May 2026. More animations on https://letterror.com/tv/

#letterror #lettering #animation #newfonts #readableobjects #readability #typeeverywhere #typography (2/2)

2. Well, all type becomes unreadable, if gets small enough. But you can carefully choose that moment, or just let it happen. Probably someone else will tell you.
3. Better to pay attention to the bus when you’re close, and not to the ads on its flank. There is a reason they make them red.

This Readable Objects animation: handdrawn, mixed media but mostly in Procreate May 2026. More animations on https://letterror.com/tv/

#letterror #lettering #animation #newfonts #readableobjects #readability #typeeverywhere #typography (2/2)

C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability

https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/07/05/c-programmers-commit-fresh-crimes-against-readability/5265981

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48803347

#HackerNews #CProgramming #Readability #CodeStyle #DeveloperHumor #TechNews

C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability

https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/07/05/c-programmers-commit-fresh-crimes-against-readability/5265981

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48803347

#HackerNews #CProgramming #Readability #CodeStyle #DeveloperHumor #TechNews

💻🤖 The notion that "code cleanliness" might impact coding agents is about as groundbreaking as discovering water is wet. 🧼✨ This paper is clearly a gripping read for anyone dying to know if robots prefer a tidy workspace, because apparently, AI won’t function without spotless #syntax. 🙄📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20049 #codecleanliness #AIethics #robotics #readability #HackerNews #ngated

💻🤖 The notion that "code cleanliness" might impact coding agents is about as groundbreaking as discovering water is wet. 🧼✨ This paper is clearly a gripping read for anyone dying to know if robots prefer a tidy workspace, because apparently, AI won’t function without spotless #syntax. 🙄📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20049 #codecleanliness #AIethics #robotics #readability #HackerNews #ngated

Oh wow, an article that can't even show up without a tech scavenger hunt! 🤖🔍 Clearly, the real cost of #YAGNI is the time spent figuring out how to read this mess. Maybe throw in a #CAPTCHA next time for a truly cutting-edge user experience. 🙄💻
https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/the-cost-yagni-was-never-about #techscavengerhunt #userexperience #readability #HackerNews #ngated

Oh wow, an article that can't even show up without a tech scavenger hunt! 🤖🔍 Clearly, the real cost of #YAGNI is the time spent figuring out how to read this mess. Maybe throw in a #CAPTCHA next time for a truly cutting-edge user experience. 🙄💻
https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/the-cost-yagni-was-never-about #techscavengerhunt #userexperience #readability #HackerNews #ngated

Es ist durchaus möglich, den fast immer viel zu kleinen Schriften und Symbolen in QT-Apps Benimm beizubringen. Gerade wieder mal gemacht. KeepassXC ist zum Beispiel so ein Kandidat dafür. ;-)

Für Menschen mit Augenproblemen ist so ein kleiner schmutziger Hack eine wahre Wohltat.
( @martijn )

Einfach mal die beiden Screenshots aus XNViewMP vergleichen - vorher, nachher. Finde den Unterschied. Da freut sich der Mensch.

Hier: Meine Workstation mit Manjaro Cinnamon.

Ich hatte das vor einiger Zeit (für Linux Mint) in deren Forum schon mal aufgeschrieben. Funktioniert unter #Arch (und sicher anderen Linuxoiden) aber auch. ;-)

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2755601&hilit=rendering+qt#p2755601

Es geht um die Zeile in '/etc/environment' ...
Der Wert ist nur ein Anhalt und muss/sollte nach eigenem Gusto angepasst werden.

#fonts #QT #rendering #augenkrebs #linux #schriften #symbole #readability #manjaro #cinnamon #modding #littlehack #relief

Es ist durchaus möglich, den fast immer viel zu kleinen Schriften und Symbolen in QT-Apps Benimm beizubringen. Gerade wieder mal gemacht. KeepassXC ist zum Beispiel so ein Kandidat dafür. ;-)

Für Menschen mit Augenproblemen ist so ein kleiner schmutziger Hack eine wahre Wohltat.
( @martijn )

Einfach mal die beiden Screenshots aus XNViewMP vergleichen - vorher, nachher. Finde den Unterschied. Da freut sich der Mensch.

Hier: Meine Workstation mit Manjaro Cinnamon.

Ich hatte das vor einiger Zeit (für Linux Mint) in deren Forum schon mal aufgeschrieben. Funktioniert unter #Arch (und sicher anderen Linuxoiden) aber auch. ;-)

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2755601&hilit=rendering+qt#p2755601

Es geht um die Zeile in '/etc/environment' ...
Der Wert ist nur ein Anhalt und muss/sollte nach eigenem Gusto angepasst werden.

#fonts #QT #rendering #augenkrebs #linux #schriften #symbole #readability #manjaro #cinnamon #modding #littlehack #relief

#Development #Techniques
Making RSS more human readable · “Owning a website means owning the little connective pieces too.” https://ilo.im/16d5se

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#Readability #RSS #XML #WebFeeds #Content #Websites #Blogs #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Eleventy

#Development #Techniques
Making RSS more human readable · “Owning a website means owning the little connective pieces too.” https://ilo.im/16d5se

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#Readability #RSS #XML #WebFeeds #Content #Websites #Blogs #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Eleventy

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116620143025989832

Best keyboard ever.
#design #typography #readability #interface #keyboard #aekii

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116620143025989832

Best keyboard ever.
#design #typography #readability #interface #keyboard #aekii

#QUIRELLA #LYNGEI allgraph.ro?q=QUIRELLA%2... #READABILITY headlines-world.com?q=READABILITY #BILA A #RIVER #CYCLE allgraph.ro?q=BILA%20A%2... #INFLUENZA #VIRUS aepiot.com?q=INFLUENZA%... aéPiot - MultiSearch Tag Explorer: headlines-world.com

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Aesthetics: goto or not

https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/c_lang/p/766186/aesthetics-goto-or-not

When life gives you lemons, write better error messages

https://wix-ux.com/when-life-gives-you-lemons-write-better-error-messages-46c5223e1a2f

#HackerNews #errorhandling #userexperience #uxdesign #softwaredevelopment #readability

When life gives you lemons, write better error messages

https://wix-ux.com/when-life-gives-you-lemons-write-better-error-messages-46c5223e1a2f

#HackerNews #errorhandling #userexperience #uxdesign #softwaredevelopment #readability

#macOS 27 will feature a slight #redesign to improve #readability and an AI-powered Safari feature to automatically group tabs. These changes, along with others, will be unveiled at WWDC 2026 on June 8th. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/10/two-macos-27-changes-rumored/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#macOS 27 will feature a slight #redesign to improve #readability and an AI-powered Safari feature to automatically group tabs. These changes, along with others, will be unveiled at WWDC 2026 on June 8th. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/10/two-macos-27-changes-rumored/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

I've been playing with #Github #Copilot as more than just fancy tab-completion in my editor. This will annoy many people. I agree with most of them on most things. I agree that people responsible for the production of code should think carefully about the code. They should value #readability, #maintainability, #testability etc. I agree that some ways of using #AI for coding are just terrible practice. I just don't think that all AI use is inherently evil.

https://dev.to/drhyde/god-is-my-copilot-copilot-is-my-new-god-5h6i

#GithubCopilot

I've been playing with #Github #Copilot as more than just fancy tab-completion in my editor. This will annoy many people. I agree with most of them on most things. I agree that people responsible for the production of code should think carefully about the code. They should value #readability, #maintainability, #testability etc. I agree that some ways of using #AI for coding are just terrible practice. I just don't think that all AI use is inherently evil.

https://dev.to/drhyde/god-is-my-copilot-copilot-is-my-new-god-5h6i

#GithubCopilot

#Typography #Readability #UserExperience #DesignThinking #VisualCommunication #Masto #CranfordTeague

🧵 4/4

#Typography #Readability #UserExperience #DesignThinking #VisualCommunication #Masto #CranfordTeague

🧵 4/4

https://cranfordteague.https://medium.com/typography-is-about-understanding-not-legibility-70274322a3a2

#Typography #Readability #GraphicDesign #UserExperience #UnderstandingDesign #Masto #CranfordTeague

🧵 4/4

Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read

http://oj-hn.com/

#HackerNews #OrangeJuice #UX #Improvements #HN #Readability #DesignTips

Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read

http://oj-hn.com/

#HackerNews #OrangeJuice #UX #Improvements #HN #Readability #DesignTips

HOLY moly!! #Capyreader med #Freshrss i botnen.... 🤯 #readability #fontsize

HOLY moly!! #Capyreader med #Freshrss i botnen.... 🤯 #readability #fontsize

Fast Company: This free web tool makes everything way easier to read. “The next time you find yourself facing a web page with way too much going on, remember a tool called Textise​…. Textise is a simple-as-can-be website that converts any page you’re looking at into plain text—no fuss, no formatting, no images of any sort included.”

Fast Company: This free web tool makes everything way easier to read. “The next time you find yourself facing a web page with way too much going on, remember a tool called Textise​…. Textise is a simple-as-can-be website that converts any page you’re looking at into plain text—no fuss, no formatting, no images of any sort included.”

Does anyone have any academic sources on code readability regarding *file* length and number of *files*? I can only find sources on readability of snippets.

#psychology #code #readability #codequality

Does anyone have any academic sources on code readability regarding *file* length and number of *files*? I can only find sources on readability of snippets.

#psychology #code #readability #codequality

🔧🤖 Behold, the "Context Gateway" – because clearly, AI agents are drowning in their own #verbosity without a superhero cape of "history compaction." 🚀 If only compressing my attention span while reading this was as easy! 📉📚
https://github.com/Compresr-ai/Context-Gateway #ContextGateway #AIagents #historyCompaction #attentionSpan #readability #HackerNews #ngated

🔧🤖 Behold, the "Context Gateway" – because clearly, AI agents are drowning in their own #verbosity without a superhero cape of "history compaction." 🚀 If only compressing my attention span while reading this was as easy! 📉📚
https://github.com/Compresr-ai/Context-Gateway #ContextGateway #AIagents #historyCompaction #attentionSpan #readability #HackerNews #ngated

Designing for Transparent Screens, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://design.google/library/transparent-screens

#design #transparency #readability

Designing for Transparent Screens, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://design.google/library/transparent-screens

#design #transparency #readability

#Development #Techniques
Newlines in URLs work · Making long links more readable in HTML https://ilo.im/16b45d

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#Newline #Tabs #Readability #URLs #DataURLs #Specification #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #SVG

#Development #Techniques
Newlines in URLs work · Making long links more readable in HTML https://ilo.im/16b45d

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#Newline #Tabs #Readability #URLs #DataURLs #Specification #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #SVG

Just realized one thing I like about my color #Kobo device:
The sparing use of color reminds me a lot of the way color was used in early OSes, like Macintosh System 6.

Color is used for a splash, but the core interface is stark black and white for maximum contrast and readability (although with apropos use of antialiasing for font rendering when possible).

Modern desktop OSes really, really need to rediscover the wisdom of using color sparingly.

#Readability #Usability #Contrast

Just realized one thing I like about my color #Kobo device:
The sparing use of color reminds me a lot of the way color was used in early OSes, like Macintosh System 6.

Color is used for a splash, but the core interface is stark black and white for maximum contrast and readability (although with apropos use of antialiasing for font rendering when possible).

Modern desktop OSes really, really need to rediscover the wisdom of using color sparingly.

#Readability #Usability #Contrast

When I talk to people about web quality, they always mention measures based on code #readability and #maintainability. Rarely or never do they mention #performance, #accessibility, or #userExperience.

Performance _is_ accessibility. I think there is so much opportunity for me and my colleagues to raise the bar at the #RaspberryPiFoundation to improve access to kids and educators around the world.

Mike Hall at #SotB26.

When I talk to people about web quality, they always mention measures based on code #readability and #maintainability. Rarely or never do they mention #performance, #accessibility, or #userExperience.

Performance _is_ accessibility. I think there is so much opportunity for me and my colleagues to raise the bar at the #RaspberryPiFoundation to improve access to kids and educators around the world.

Mike Hall at #SotB26.

#Design #Guides
The unique challenge of reading on mobile · How simple should mobile content be? https://ilo.im/16avmr

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#Readability #Usability #Content #Mobile #Website #ClozeTests #ProductDesign #UxDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Guides
The unique challenge of reading on mobile · How simple should mobile content be? https://ilo.im/16avmr

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#Readability #Usability #Content #Mobile #Website #ClozeTests #ProductDesign #UxDesign #WebDesign

How “Liquid Design” Broke the iPhone and Forced Apple’s Great Reset, by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/how-liquid-design-broke-the-iphone-and-forced-apples-great-reset/

#design #usability #readability #liquidglass #apple

#Design #Explorations
Flickr’s URLs scheme · ”It was a beautiful and predictable scheme.” https://ilo.im/16aq98

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#Flickr #URLs #Schemes #Keyboard #Readability #Predictability #UrlDesign #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Close up of a photograoh of my screen showing gooby at '60' demonstrating light seepage, or haleation, which is the way I experience most fonts on large screens. Larger sizes feel more 'crisp' because the fuzz' doesn't merge them.

A test of readability might be the gradual degradation in comfort as a font reduces in size (design changes) or increases in fuzziness (simulate macro degeneration changes)

#GoobyFont
#Readability
#DarkMode
#LightSensitivity

Solving Small Text and Contrast Issues for Large-Screen Readability, by @a11yalicia.bsky.social:

https://www.alicia.design/post/solving-small-text-and-contrast-issues-for-large-screen-readability

#accessibility #contrast #readability #typography