![]() ![]() NiceGuy1 ( talk) 06:19, 18 February 2023 (UTC) I think that's probably because it was a joke. Nothing wrong with said increase in site activity. You should sign your comments. :) And I'm not even in the U.S.! :) Though truthfully, it's not US-centric to be observant. You really live up to your username, eh? Charming and US-centric. Maybe think of that before making a misguided condescending reply. :) NiceGuy1 ( talk) 06:19, 12 February 2023 (UTC) For years I'm almost always the only person making contributions at this hour. Perhaps related to Randall being in this time zone, perhaps not, but I'm usually alone at this time of night (for example, I almost NEVER get Edit Conflicts because seemingly everyone is asleep). Of course I realize this. :) Seems like YOU don't realize that this site is one of many where it seems like most activity centers around the EST time zone. Perhaps you haven't realised that nighttime for Americans is daytime for, um, somewhere around 80-90% of the world's population? Paddles ( talk) 14:54, 11 February 2023 (UTC) But while I was Googling someone fixed it before I could, LOL! Which is weird as it's past midnight here in the Eastern time zone. :) NiceGuy1 ( talk) 05:56, 11 February 2023 (UTC) update the transcript with something more widely known? 172.69.65.224 05:42, 11 February 2023 (UTC)Īgreed, enthusiastically! Someone trying to show off, Google doesn't even know what it means, it found ONE result, which is a font of curved corners someone made (when I put "solum-serif" in quotes, to not allow Google to just search one or the other). If we've come to this page for an explanation, we probably don't know what a "solum-serif font" is. Most likely in Caslon, based on the uppercase A. Transcript Instead of serif or sans-serif, my new font is only serifs.Īdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussionįirst two letters are "A" and "R" I think 172.71.167.10 04:35, 11 February 2023 (UTC)Bumpf The font is probably one of the many variants of Caslon, with its variety of A-serifs some variants (3, 540) having the double-seriffed C. Randall has had numerous careers and hobbies where he has delighted in exploring novel methods of resolving disputes, all of which has satisfied nobody and led to him being banned from numerous events. One of the users of Explain xkcd took the chance anyway of getting that beating and here is what it looks like normally and what it might look like after moving the serifs: enough to beat you up), then you should try removing the characteristic and aesthetic serifs on Times New Roman and add them instead to the hated Comic Sans – which would probably make it look even worse to a graphic designer. ![]() Randall is suggesting here that if you want to severely anger a bunch of graphic designers (i.e. Defenders claim that it is easier for dyslexics to read, and that it works well in less formal, typically children's contexts. ![]() Many graphic designers dislike Comic Sans due to a history of amateurs using it in contexts where its informal style is inappropriate, simply in order to vary the font away from the standards of Times or Arial styles (two major serifed and non-serifed families of font, respectively). Comic Sans is a mostly sans-serif typeface (hence the “Sans” in the name) designed to look like (non- cursive, or block-style) handwriting, more akin to a basic and unadorned lettering written freehand by thick-nibbed pen, paintbrush, spraycan or chalk/marker upon a blackboard/whiteboard. Of course, this renders the text basically unreadable, or at least you need good imagination and code breaking skills.Īs for the title text, Times New Roman is a widely available and recognized typeface with serifs, being one of the most commonly used fonts of its type. Randall is suggesting a font using only these accent pieces and skipping the "body" of the letters entirely. Fonts that use this visual decoration are called "Serif" fonts, while others do not and are thus "Sans Serif" fonts ("sans" being French for "without"). (In the comic, the first three elements appear to be of such an "A", with the text as a whole appearing to be " Aa Bb Cc Dd"). Rather than mere lines, there are (for example) "feet" put at the bottom of a letter such as A, and possibly also at angles such as its peak. Serifs are ticks, or end-bars, at the ends of lines that make up letters, commonly used in most books and newspapers and also seen in calligraphic lettering (written with a flat-nibbed pen) and signwriting (often painted and detailed with fine brushes). This is a play upon the main difference between serif and sans-serif fonts. Title text: If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans. ![]()
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