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Ben Mitchell
@ohbendy.bsky.social
I research and make fonts for Southeast Asian scripts!
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🧑‍💻 www.fontpad.co.uk
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Ah then my results might skew things a bit as I put my country as UK and didn’t mention other familiar scripts, sorry
October 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I suspect this might also be influenced by which writing systems the viewer is familiar with. Having worked a lot with SEAsian scripts, I tend to perceive lighter weights as regular, even for Latin.
October 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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On hatred.
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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We persistently underestimate the vulnerability of democracies to authoritarianism, because we treat tyranny as something that attacks democracy from the outside.

We need to recognise it as something that can grow up within democracies, and that wins support by latching on to democratic ideas.
March 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Gongratulations! Great to see you're including Thai! Thank you for accommodating large screensize, most foundry websites present the content in a little container that drowns in a sea of emptiness. I didn't know you'd moved to Surakarta, thought you loved Jogja?
February 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hello from the Wirral!
February 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thank you for shining a light on this, it's a very pertinent issue with such ubiquitous conflict around the world, and it's heartening to see a business reflecting honestly and publicly about what's important.
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes, more words per line: what I mean is if it's just random words it's gonna look really strange. Imagine every line like 'act ham an red mix cat of' or 'ice tow fat you it car', I wouldn't want those in my specimen.
January 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM