Show HN: Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard
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Every download is a normal OpenType font. The swap is a liga contextual substitution registered for every script, so browsers turn it on by default.
It works anywhere OpenType text is shaped: browsers, design tools, print. If a font looks unchanged, check that ligatures aren't switched off in the app you're using.
No. Everything runs locally in your browser with Pyodide and fontTools.
Any pro tips?Bastardica can make simple fonts feel a little, hmm, richer? Use Y-offset and scale effects to make glyphs align perfectly.
When mixing 3 or more fonts, they will intersect (e.g. every 5th and every 7th will collide on every 35th). The first font wins. The stride won't break for either.
Use prime numbers for strides, so the mix-in fonts collide more rarely.
Some websites to grab free fonts to play with: Google Fonts, UNCUT, Velvetyne, Font Squirrel, FontSpace, DaFont.
What about font licensing?Mixing two fonts produces a derivative work, so make sure to check licenses of both source fonts if you plan to use a bastard font commercially. Bastardica adds no conditions of its own. A credit is appreciated, but optional.
Bastardica was inspired by Times New Bastard and Easy Pete.
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