fontjoy
Creative
font pairing tool
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Font pairings look nice and are decent most of the time
From 3 comments
Although a title with deep learning in it makes me roll my eyes nowadays, I really should be more open to the ideas behind them. The font pairings at the end of the article look…
rubatuga on HNThis does an alright job most of the time (7/10 options are decent). That's impressive.
accountyaccount on HNThis is pretty awesome. I've been working on my side project Mixfont (https://www.mixfont.com) which is a similar sort of font generator. Your pairings are a lot nicer than those…
justswim on HN
Objections
Results are often poor
From 1 comment
Honestly most of the results are really poor. I would recommend using https://www.typewolf.com instead.
usaphp on HN
ML curation favors similar results and lacks novelty
From 2 comments
One of my biggest complaints about things 'curated' via ML is that you are only introduced to things that are relatively similar. It's like trying to find new music by looking at…
Declanomous on HNInteresting, but not all design is about harmony. I'd be more interested in examples where ML could create combinations that shouldn't work together but work. Think like some of…
intoverflow2 on HN
Not all design is about harmony
From 1 comment
Interesting, but not all design is about harmony. I'd be more interested in examples where ML could create combinations that shouldn't work together but work. Think like some of…
intoverflow2 on HN
Requests
Generate fonts for character sets not in the original font, such as Hindi or Cyrillic
From 1 comment
I wonder, is it possible to generate fonts based on this algorithm, for character sets which are not included into the original font. For example, I have English font, and want…
LeonidBugaev on HN
Find unconventional combinations that shouldn't work but do
From 1 comment
Interesting, but not all design is about harmony. I'd be more interested in examples where ML could create combinations that shouldn't work together but work. Think like some of…
intoverflow2 on HN
Questions
How to identify a font from an image
From 1 comment
Tangentially, I've been trying to identify a font. I have a small example as a jpeg image. I tried https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ without finding an exact match. Are there…
ams6110 on HN
Alternatives named
typewolf
From 1 comment
Honestly most of the results are really poor. I would recommend using https://www.typewolf.com instead.
usaphp on HN
Mixfont
From 1 comment
This is pretty awesome. I've been working on my side project Mixfont (https://www.mixfont.com) which is a similar sort of font generator. Your pairings are a lot nicer than those…
justswim on HN
WhatTheFont
From 1 comment
Tangentially, I've been trying to identify a font. I have a small example as a jpeg image. I tried https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ without finding an exact match. Are there…
ams6110 on HN
identifont
From 1 comment
You might want to try http://www.identifont.com/.
teraflop on HN