Frank Rausch
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@marioguzman@mastodon.social Back when OSX was first a thing, I wondered why they went with TIFFs/bitmaps rather than EPS/vectors, as DisplayPDF naturally rendered vectors, and we could have infinitel
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @marioguzman@mastodon.social I don’t even know if SF Symbols are optimized for one specific size to be rendered at, which would be a missed opportunity.
And vector fonts can be rendered crisp at low resolutions through hinting and a decent rasterizer. It’s a solved problem IMHO. (Though OS X has always discarded the hinting information for fonts if I remember correctly.)
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@marioguzman@mastodon.social @frankrausch@mastodon.social It’s kinda implied by his toot, but I’d like to be explicit in my agreement: I don’t mind if personality shines through *in service to the use
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @marioguzman@mastodon.social Disco? I loved Disco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hLbrqCVUI
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@marioguzman@mastodon.social @frankrausch@mastodon.social It’s kinda implied by his toot, but I’d like to be explicit in my agreement: I don’t mind if personality shines through *in service to the use
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online Very good point! I don’t mind if the branding is done Panic-style, not corporate/VC startup style. The former is done with empathy, the latter often smells like KPI-fueled helplessness.
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Dec 09, 2025
Many designers want to design “clean” or “slick” user interfaces.
I prefer humane and friendly user interfaces.
I want to feel that an app was made by a thoughtful human. I do not mind at all if their personality and individuality shine through.
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