Off topic: Can You Spot the Difference?
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Mar 7, 2023



 
Tom in London
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No Mar 12, 2023

Mr. Satan wrote:



No, but can you see anything wrong with this?

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Stepan Konev
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Capital T Mar 12, 2023

All letters except the capital T are slightly stretched vertacally.
Capital T is different.


[Edited at 2023-03-12 17:37 GMT]


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Tom in London
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Yes Mar 12, 2023

Stepan Konev wrote:

All letters except the capital T are slightly stretched vertacally.

[Edited at 2023-03-12 17:32 GMT]


I noticed that but I thought it was just a mistake.


 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
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Fonts Mar 13, 2023

So it is noticeable.

The top sentence was written in Arial font, the bottom one was in Liberation Sans. Both were set to 12 pt. The differences are more pronounced as you increase the size. Below is another example featuring both fonts, with the size blown up to 24 pt.



Other than the shorter capital “T” and the slightly taller fonts in general, you ma
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So it is noticeable.

The top sentence was written in Arial font, the bottom one was in Liberation Sans. Both were set to 12 pt. The differences are more pronounced as you increase the size. Below is another example featuring both fonts, with the size blown up to 24 pt.



Other than the shorter capital “T” and the slightly taller fonts in general, you may spot that the lowercase “a” from Liberation Sans has a longer and curvier tail. Arial’s lowercase “t” also has a sharper head. Perhaps the most striking lack of resemblance is the number “1”. They look nowhere near the same. Some of the symbols are also prominently distinguishable.

Liberation Font family was poised to be the metrically-identical replacement (ooh, fancy words) for the commonly used Microsoft fonts, e.g. Arial and Times New Roman. I was curious to see how much would people be able to tell them apart. Of course, the designs couldn’t be entirely similar. That would be plagiarism. But the effort itself is commendable.

Tom in London wrote:
No, but can you see anything wrong with this?

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Paris. Because their numeral system is out of whack.

A: Hello, how do you say 99 in French?
B: Oh, it’s four multiplied by twenty plus nineteen.

A:

[Edited at 2023-03-13 09:02 GMT]
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Jo Macdonald
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Screamin Jay Hawkins? Mar 13, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-fLkXDclKA

Tom in London wrote:


No, but can you see anything wrong with this?




Mr. Satan (X)
 
No Mar 13, 2023

Why?

 
Cilian O'Tuama
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The The Mar 14, 2023

is/was a decent band

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Mr. Satan (X)
Tom in London
 
Mr. Satan (X)
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Marriage Mar 14, 2023

Ice Scream wrote:
No. Why?


I like this Liberation Sans font. I think I'll marry it.


 
Tom in London
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Here they are Mar 14, 2023

Cilian O'Tuama wrote:

is/was a decent band


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKfJ-bAVEgQ


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