San Francisco was a font on the early MacIntoshes (I doubt they kept it) that has been described as "Most useful for writing ransom notes". Effectively each letter was in a different font, and many came with cut-out outlines or were at odd angles.
I don't think the original was ever converted to TrueType. OTOH, a quick search yielded (this link is to download the font): https://developer.apple.com/fonts/downloads/SFPro.zip [apple.com] which seems to be a totally separate font with the same name. The site documentation said that it was one of their system fonts (or, perhaps, the system font), so perhaps the choice was meant seriously. I'd have linked to the font documentation, but the link I found didn't specify which font it was for.
So it may have been a joke by someone who was used to the early MacIntosh, or it may have been serious by someone who used a modern one.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by HiThere on Tuesday March 13 2018, @05:42PM (1 child)
San Francisco was a font on the early MacIntoshes (I doubt they kept it) that has been described as "Most useful for writing ransom notes". Effectively each letter was in a different font, and many came with cut-out outlines or were at odd angles.
I don't think the original was ever converted to TrueType. OTOH, a quick search yielded (this link is to download the font):
https://developer.apple.com/fonts/downloads/SFPro.zip [apple.com]
which seems to be a totally separate font with the same name. The site documentation said that it was one of their system fonts (or, perhaps, the system font), so perhaps the choice was meant seriously. I'd have linked to the font documentation, but the link I found didn't specify which font it was for.
So it may have been a joke by someone who was used to the early MacIntosh, or it may have been serious by someone who used a modern one.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Sunday March 25 2018, @02:35AM
30 or so free (as in beer) ransom note fonts. http://www.1001fonts.com/ransom-note-fonts.html [1001fonts.com]
Comic Sans ???? WTF
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