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Rules
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π Be Nice!
- Treat others with respect and dignity. Friendly banter is okay, as long as it is mutual; keyword: friendly.
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ποΈ Community Standards
- Comics should be a full story, from start to finish, in one post.
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- Any comic that would qualify as raunchy, lewd, or otherwise draw unwanted attention by nosy coworkers, spouses, or family members should be tagged as NSFW.
- Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.
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𧬠Keep it Real
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π½οΈ Credit Where Credit is Due
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Correct: https://xkcd.com/386/
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π΄ββ οΈ Internationalization (i18n)
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Banned Artists
The following artists are banned from the community.
- Jago
- Stonetoss
- GPrime85
It should be noted that when you make reports, it is your responsibility to provide rational reasoning why something should be removed. Saying it simply breaks community rules is not always good enough.
Web Accessibility
Note: This is not a rule, but a helpful suggestion.
When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:
Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)
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Arial is a proprietary Microsoft font, which is expensive to license if you want to distribute it yourself; I actually think it works even on that level (doctors giving you name brands instead of the cheaper generic (open source) option)
I mean, Helvetica is also proprietary, like the majority of typefaces. Iirc there are some metrically-compatible open clones, though.
DejaVu Sans πͺ
I once created a WYSIWYG (also the dumbest acronym for what is essentially a word processor), and we got in trouble for embedding Arial and other fonts into PDFs and documents. Had to change it so that we don't embed fonts anymore.
If you ever wonder why PDFs and other documents look subtly or unsubtly different or even break completely depending on what computer you open it on; that's why. Personally I think it's stupid. You should be able to embed fonts into the document. It's not like people are going to extract it from the document and install it or whatever.
If you mean that DejaVu Sans is an analogue of Helvetica/Arial, that's not so. The DejaVu fonts are derived from Bitstream Vera, and the Sans variation is wider than Helvetica. It's also somewhat humanist, as opposed to Helvetica's strictly grotesque look.
Liberation Sans and Nimbus Sans seem to be the best-known open-licensed metrically-compatible analogues of Helvetica, although Liberation doesn't recreate the look. Nimbus is also the basis for FreeSans.
As for embedding fonts, afaiu it depends on the license.
Font law is like a whole thing. I was surprised how strictly licenced even some free fonts can be. I have a memory of carefully reading each licence document to see what I'm allowed to do with it.
I prefer DejaVu for some reason over Liberation. Well, actually OpenDyslexic is my real favourite typeface; but everyone else hates it when I use it in emails.
Well, Liberation Sans is nothing much to look at. I myself prefer humanist typefaces, particularly with noticeable variation in stroke widths. I'd use Rosario everywhere I can, only its kerning is wonky.
These days font marketplaces on the web spell out the allowed use for each typeface quite clearly, so I guess it's a good thing we're out of the dark ages of font law.
I have extracted proprietary fonts from websites cause I thought they looked neat.
Now all my websites use OFL fonts and distribute the license file right next to the woff2 files.