The glee with which the authors express this sentiment is a strange glimpse into a poisonous part of the web that I'm glad I don't frequent. Instead of being helpful, they emphasize gatekeeping and snobbery. This and the original linked, ate not a good quality post.
Or is that the poisonous part?
I wasn't making fun of Gruber, I was just exaggerating for comedic effect. Gruber himself seemed to like the post. I guess some people didn't find it funny, which is fine, but the OP seems to have gone overboard.
Author here. It was a joke. I personally don't even notice fonts that much. I had no thought at all of a font substitution feature until Gruber requested it.
Please chill out.
> a poisonous part of the web that I'm glad I don't frequent.
Blogs?
> Instead of being helpful, they emphasize gatekeeping and snobbery.
How was it not helpful? I explained how people could substitute fonts on the web if they want.
This is a classic example of what the HN guidelines tell you not to do: "Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead." It was mostly a technical article explaining how to use @font-face rules.
Yeah, it’s not a masterpiece. That’s fine, people are allowed to have fun and not everything needs to be perfect.
It’s not coercion, it’s fair game.
Thankfully there's no font snobbery here, and we've all universally agreed that Courier New is the best coding/console font.
Wait, have we?