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Words of Type (https://wiki.wordsoftype.com)

130 points by tobr 6 days ago | 14 comments | View on ycombinator

nine_k 4 days ago |

I love the slightly whimsical design of the site, clear as a children's book, or as a technical drafting.

manithree 3 days ago |

This is the kind of advertising I can appreciate. Useful, even some uncommon information showcasing purchasable products.

I'd never buy a font advertised here (I've never needed a font that wasn't free bad enough to pay money for one), but it's pull, not push, so kudos.

EvanAnderson 3 days ago |

Pretty nice. I been a type aficionado since I was a kid. I loved taking elective typography in college, though my capstone typeface sucked pretty bad.

I was surprised not to see the word "stress" in there.

ashm1104 3 days ago |

Damn, I was on the site for good 5 mins, is my attention span healing? Great info btw

TheCrimsonSails 3 days ago |

Very attractive art style and details. I found it nice that some of them have references as well!

mulhoon 3 days ago |

Lovely. Great attention to detail and a brilliant resource for students.

navigate8310 4 days ago |

Even though it feels vibed, the information packed is very interesting

riffraff 3 days ago |

some of those seem like only very vaguely related to types (binding, EULA). Maybe the author just asked some LLM to provide more filler.

But other than that, this is quite nice.

pixlmint 3 days ago |

I absolutely love the design! Thanks for sharing

NackerHughes 3 days ago |

This is vibecoded. How are we supposed to believe that any of the descriptions aren't hallucinated?

alwinaugustin 4 days ago |

interesting.