Ubuntu’s visual identity has always straddled the line between practicality and personality, and with each release, the desktop experience subtly evolves to reflect the sensibilities of its global community. With Ubuntu 25.10 on the horizon, a long-simmering debate has resurfaced at the heart of...
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Look away, Helvetica. Hide, Pantone. The internet has a new design civil war, and it’s currently being waged across the glossy, rainbow-flecked battlegrounds of your taskbar. If you’ve found yourself loudly critiquing app tiles during Zoom calls, or spending an unhealthy amount of time pondering...
In this post, we’ll introduce you to a text technology called color fonts. We’ll discuss what color fonts are, when they can be useful and how to use them in your Windows 10 apps.
What are color fonts?
Color fonts, also referred to as “multicolor fonts” or “chromatic fonts,” are a relatively...
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bitmap fonts
color fonts
design tools
direct2d
font building
font editor
iconography
multicolor fonts
opentype
rich text
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svg fonts
text rendering
text technology
vector fonts
web apps
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Iconography is a visual language used to represent features, functionality, or content. Icons are meant to be simple, visual elements that are recognized and understood immediately.
In a previous post, we explored communication through visual cues. We also dove a little deeper...