🆕 blog! “Use CSS to boost the font size of emoji with no extra markup”
I want to make emoji bigger than the text that surrounds them. At my age and eyesight, it can be difficult to tell the difference between 😃, 😄, and 😊 when they are as small as the text. Is there a way to use CSS to increase the font size of specific characters without having […]
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If you read large print or dyslexic font paperback books do you prefer this to be indicated on the cover (say on a banner at the top) to help you identify the accommodation?
I compiled a quick poll based on different perspectives I've read.
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@bookstodon many months ago I received feedback that some readers disliked how I labeled my large-font edition of Late Identified #AuDHD workbook. So I could do better, I asked.
The majority that participated reported they wanted the accommodation labeled on their paperback in a visible way.
Microsoft is rolling out the new default font in its Office 365 suite, ditching Calibri in favor of Aptos, which was created by Steve Matteson. "He wanted Aptos to have the universal appeal of the late NPR newscaster Carl Kasell and the astute tone of The Late Show host Stephen Colbert," the Microsoft Design team wrote in a Medium post last year. Here's more from Popular Science.
One man's journey to peace and freedom on the Appalachian Trail
With breathtaking descriptions and humorous anecdotes from his 2,176-mile journey along the Appalachian Trail, Paul Stutzman reveals how immersing himself in nature and befriending fellow hikers helped him recover from a devastating loss.
Okay, speaking of changes since I'm back home after so long, I decided to give my Emacs a little makeover. I started with Iosevka Comfy last night from Prot. Look how nice it looks!
If you're on an operating system that doesn't have an updated emoji picker, even if you have an up-to-date emoji font, there's an online emoji picker here:
This may be especially useful for any folks on Windows 10, which hasn't seen an official emoji font update since emoji 12 & which actively hides certain emojis 🤦♀️