Talk:Fonts

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This isn't linked to from anywhere, but it's useful information that I don't think is found anywhere else on the wiki, or perhaps I'm mistaken. — Joey (talk·edits) 18:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I have linked it a bit. I like fonts, and this makes a great page, and a great 1,000th article. Continue rocking on! - Dr Haggis - Talk

VOY DOT LCD

Does anybody know where I can find this font? I've searched the internet for it for about a month now, but haven't found anything. --Gafaddict 18:59, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Thousandth article

This is the HR Wiki's 1,000th article. Just letting everybody know.

Uh, no it's not. We already determined Game Sightings was the 1,000th article. — Joey (talk·edits) 17:32, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Wait, did a few pages get deleted somewhere? I just checked the Special:Newpages page and it looks like this really is the thousandth article. Wow! I feel strangely honored to have been a part of this. I never imagined we'd reach a thousand articles back when I started the wiki. Good jorb, everyone! — Joey (talk·edits) 18:13, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

No, I don't think it has anything to do with deleted pages. The number on the Main Page doesn't include pages marked as stubs, so as pages are marked and un-marked as stubs, the number changes accordingly. Game Sightings was the first page to be the 1,000th page. Fonts appears to be the 1,000th page right now, but if someone marked an article as a stub in a few minutes, the page created after Fonts (which right now is do over) would appear to be the 1,000th page. -- Tom 19:36, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Font Examples

Would it be possible to write a little example of each font? I'm not much one for that sort of 'hacking, coding' type thing, so if anyone else wants to tackle it - provided it's possible to do so while still properly validated and whatnot, go right ahead. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 18:44, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't know where the "hacking, coding" comes in, but why not take a screenshot of each of the fonts as used on the site? — InterruptorJones 18:56, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

Ah right, that could work. I just meant hacking and coding as in 'you can't just change the font on the wiki with a little dropdown bar', at least I don't think you can... I just think it would look cleaner than screenshots. But if it's not possible, I'll get on the screenshots. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 07:56, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

It's not possible. If you change the font of a bit of text on a web page, it only shows up in that font if the visitor has that font installed. Anyway, if you want it to look "cleaner", I just suggest that you make each screenshot the same dimensions. — InterruptorJones 20:51, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

I've now added previews. However they're not the same size, and they could be presented better. But, at least we have previews for now. «Rob» 11:59, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

And now I've put it all in a table. «Rob» 02:31, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

I think the examples should look more like this:

--TROGGA! 19:33, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Ugh! The old font samples were way superior. First, they didn't take up as much space. Second, they provided a better context for the fonts. If someone wants to see all the characters of a font, they should go to Wikipedia or MyFonts.com. Reverting... — It's dot com 07:01, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

And on a side note, does it not ruin the entire point of the Quick Brown Fox if you Capitalize Every Single Word? --Jay (Gobble) 07:05, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Which, as I can see, is not what happened in the last edit. My bad. I'm actually kinda siding with the big Quick Brown Fox blocks... --Jay (Gobble) 07:07, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

We don't need to see every character, which only serves to stretch out the table so it doesn't fit on one or one and a half screens. What is better is to see how each font is used on the site in a representative screenshot. — It's dot com 07:13, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I do see where you're coming from, and I don't care enough to argue the point. But I also see where Trogga and The Paper are coming from. --Jay (Gobble) 07:16, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I think the "Quick brown fox" examples are too big. Having screenshots of the fonts in use on H*R.com is better because you can see where its used (even if they are all different sizes). «Rob» 07:55, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

External Links

Shouldn't there be a link to a spot to download the font? EDSMILDE

That would be ideal. However, before doing so make sure that the font is free. This will take some research because a lot of fonts that aren't meant to be free are available illegally on some free font sites, and linking to those is out of the question. In other words, just because a font is on some free font site doesn't mean that it's legal, so be very very careful. — InterruptorJones 21:03, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Additional fonts used on main pages?

I've found a few fonts that aren't on this page, but are used somewhere on the Homsar Main Page. I downloaded the .fla of the main page from one of the fansites, but when I open it in Flash, it tells me that I do not have the following fonts installed:

1. Bauhaus-Thin
2. Comix Heavy
3. Potrzebie
4. Stencil BT

Anyone have any idea where these are used on that main page? --ENUSY , 12:34, 29 May 2005 (BST)