minus-squareSternhammer@aussie.zonetoToday I learned@lemmy.ml•Today I Learned that letters with round tops (Q, O, S, etc.) are drawn a smidgeon higher than letters with flat tops (E,T,F, etc.). This 'overshoot' makes them appear equal to our perceptionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThis is known as optical alignment. It’s very common in font design. linkfedilink
minus-squareSternhammer@aussie.zonetoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•When your iRobot finally achieve teleportationlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt wanted to end its suffering. Blue jaunt. linkfedilink
This is known as optical alignment. It’s very common in font design.