Hold up there...I definitely never said G-I-F. either. That’s...a little weird. PNG, EPS, PSD, sure. JPG has always been J-peg. TGA’s just targa, TIF is tiff. As it were, Wilhite developed GIF, I defer to him. And I conveniently also prefer his pronunciation.

Any other day I’d play the “old” card too...but meh, not…

Yup, none of this knowledge existed before the documentary.

Keep the change.

Wait, there were a couple of ways you could’ve gone about this, but contrarian? Dude, “jiff” is the preferred, as well as the way Steve Wilhite pronounces it.

You know, tbh I’m not sure! I say “Jiff” because I subscribe to the idea that the creator gets to dictate the rules. But really, it’s because “Giff” sounds dumb.

Fair point. I decided it was worth bringing up because she DID actually use the term “typeface” in the article. Except (and this is an assumption) she was using it interchangeably with “font”.

Burn, I guess? I’m setting off mental fireworks for you.

I think I also read that it was assumed digitization was the main reason. Grabbing a “font” meant grabbing the specific weight set of a typeface family. When that was no longer relevant, font was probably still the go-to term.

You expected pleasantries to all your pedantic comments?

Huh, that’s a fairly stupid conclusion to make.

You get a star.

Oh fun...”pedantry”. The bullshit label thrown out when no one likes to be called out on their mistakes. Look it up yourself.

Not to shit on your college, but it’s more Column B. It’s Typography 101.

I had to do a bit of searching to find that Gizmodo article from a few years ago. It must’ve been one of those “Here’s another article you might like that we’re going to make you think was also posted recently...” And damn, even they conceded that people just use the term “font” now. Not as frustrating as the modern…

It’s “typeface”, not “font”. Helvetica is a typeface. Helvetica Bold is a font. The general populace has already decided that these two words are interchangeable. So an article on this topic in a game should endeavor to use the right term at least.

You don’t seem to be able to discern for yourself what is right and wrong, only what a book tells you. And people use “morality” and “God” to excuse all kinds of asshole behavior.

Also, there’s no Hell you numpty. If there were a Hell, it’s the one we’ve made for ourselves right here on this planet with all the…

Fuck yes! K, now I’m excited for my Mega Drive Mini to arrive in September.

Since the Genesis Mini can switch to Japanese, does anyone know if the Japanese Mega Drive Mini does the same but for English? It sounds a bit petty, but the lack of MUSHA was a deal-breaker for me, so I was intent on getting the Mega Drive instead. Having the ability to switch it to English would just be icing on the…

Ok...I lol’d for real.

I forgot who I first saw do this, but they’d respond to a screenshot of the grey, then dismiss the little shit. It’s more effective for actual accounts than burners...but hey, you do what you can.