It sounds like this comes out the other way if instead of saying "open your phone" the agent said "press your thumb on the sensor," right?

he's not responding to a criticism that is directed at him, or there is not a bigger and more important criticism directed at someone else?

I think it is reasonable for Singal to respond to a criticism that is directed at him even if there is some bigger and more important criticism that is directed at someone else

I'm a big fan of old-style numerals, but I prefer them to look more like lining numerals. The height is the important thing

even so.

I like the look of Martina Plantijn a lot, but I can't stand this style of old-style numerals. I instinctively read this as "Plantin eye eye oh roman" and probably always will.

Bluesky needs bookmarks

arbitrarily large, I should say

this is true, but the em can be arbitrarily wide relative to other characters

Plantin! there are literally dozens of us
(I mostly use Century Supra now, though)

I know! It's remarkable

I wonder if there's a market for a typeface like "Times New Roman Mini" or something. Obviously that name would make it hard to say you chose your typeface in good faith, but you get the idea.

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If the court thinks that Garamond is in fact too small, it could justifiably say that '14 pt' Garamond is not actually 14 pt.

Interesting that the rationale was "it appears smaller and lighter" and not "the italics are hideous," but I'll take it anyway

Side note: There's no law of nature that requires a typeface to be any particular size when you set Word to "14 pt." You can make a typeface arbitrarily small. ...

seems like a good time to apply the brakes rather than insist that what's needed is radical change, then.

"upgrade your ramen noodles" is one of thew few internet food trends that is actually a really good idea

The existence of clerics really does imply that warlocks are just the terrible metaphysical credit risks who couldn’t get a loan from an actually good provider. Subprime spellcasters.

> This determines if your child will be a doctor or drive an uber for a living.

Peer effects and school effects are real, but they are not that real.