ffffallback.com
Dev tools
font testing tool
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ffffallback.com
A designer friend and I made ffffallback.com for testing fallback fonts
ffffallback.comHow HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 0 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.30.
Design: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool that saves manual work
From 2 comments
I think this would be easier if: - You could click a font's name to set it as the fallback font for that element, - and to display the selector that font applies to (I assume…
RossM on HNSecond on all the requests above. Looking forward to the update to this soon-to-be frequently used tool of mine. Great start!
tm65atcolumbia on HN
Attractive site aesthetics
From 1 comment
I'm sorry if this is not the world's best HN comment, but I really enjoy the aesthetics of this site. The colors and font choices are fantastic, at least to me. Thumbs up.
drivebyacct2 on HN
Objections
Purpose and usage unclear on the homepage
From 3 comments
It took me a bit to figure out what exactly it was doing on your site, especially with it turning purple. Having a three step sample use-case guide on your homepage would be…
derekdahmer on HNI agree, I don't know what to do so I got bored and didn't bookmark it. It's not intuitive. Good idea but it would be better if it was easier to understand. The drop arrows look…
chrislomax on HNCouldn't quite figure out how to use the tool, but it did manage to create a pretty rad 3D version of my site (using the "Both" setting and varying font sizes on each). I'll…
sinaiman on HN
Needs a demo video or clearer explanation
From 1 comment
It would be helpful if you just had a demo video (short video), showing what the site does. It took me a few seconds to even understand the concept fully. In those seconds, you…
safarimong10 on HN
Requests
Three-step usage guide on homepage
From 1 comment
It took me a bit to figure out what exactly it was doing on your site, especially with it turning purple. Having a three step sample use-case guide on your homepage would be…
derekdahmer on HN
Choose an operating system to see default fallback font
From 1 comment
It took me a bit to figure out what exactly it was doing on your site, especially with it turning purple. Having a three step sample use-case guide on your homepage would be…
derekdahmer on HN
Click a font name to set it as fallback for an element
From 1 comment
I think this would be easier if: - You could click a font's name to set it as the fallback font for that element, - and to display the selector that font applies to (I assume…
RossM on HN
Show the CSS selector a font applies to
From 1 comment
I think this would be easier if: - You could click a font's name to set it as the fallback font for that element, - and to display the selector that font applies to (I assume…
RossM on HN
Questions
Was the name fffallback.com already taken?
From 1 comment
Was fffallback.com taken already? Nice site.
slevcom on HN