“I just chose words carefully”(unsung.aresluna.org)

1133 points by zdw 1 month ago | 326 comments

A blog post on Marcin Wichary's Unsung blog about the difficulties of typesetting text in monospace and choosing words carefully to fit it.

A Preview of the Future(unsung.aresluna.org)

15 points by zdw 5 months ago | 2 comments

As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program(unsung.aresluna.org)

172 points by allenc 2 months ago | 139 comments

“We want it to really confuse people, but also really make people happy”(unsung.aresluna.org)

50 points by zdw 1 month ago | 18 comments

Plain text has been around for decades and it’s here to stay(unsung.aresluna.org)

277 points by rbanffy 6 months ago | 138 comments

More Molly Guards(unsung.aresluna.org)

167 points by zdw 4 months ago | 20 comments

Maybe you should learn something(marginalia.nu)

399 points by tylerdane 3 months ago | 185 comments

A Marginalia weblog post encouraging readers to spend time learning new skills like pixel art, music, or languages instead of passive scrolling.

5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens(maurycyz.com)

781 points by zdw 6 months ago | 151 comments

A personal blog post presenting a 5x5 pixel bitmap font designed for tiny screens such as those used with microcontrollers.

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering(alexharri.com)

1271 points by alexharri 9 months ago | 139 comments

Blog post by Alex Harri taking a deep dive into building an image-to-ASCII renderer, with interactive demos explaining why ASCII characters aren't pixels.

CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font(codingfont.com)

442 points by nvahalik 7 months ago | 223 comments

CodingFont by Typogram is an interactive game that compares coding fonts side by side in a code editor so users can pick their favorite.

We mourn our craft(nolanlawson.com)

634 points by ColinWright 8 months ago | 737 comments

Nolan Lawson's blog post lamenting how AI coding tools are reducing programmers to code reviewers and mourning the loss of the programming craft.

Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition(minecraft.net)

944 points by SteveHawk27 1 year ago | 405 comments

Official Minecraft news article announcing that Mojang is removing code obfuscation from Minecraft: Java Edition.