Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderA few minor things missing in OP (mostly CJK related) - Code point is sometimes not enough to determine the glyph. For example, U+5199 must look different in Simplified Chinese and Japanese. Typically this is handled by using different fonts, but more formally it should be marked with different lang attributes (in case of HTML). - Top-to-bottom writing mode is still pretty much in use in Japanese. HTML support is poor, but it's common in PDF. Caveat: Latin alphabets are…
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21105625 (but well worth re-visiting from time to time).
Busted Kerning Almost Everywhere. Maybe it is different on a Mac, but on Windows automatic kerning is busted on everything from Powerpoint to Adobe Illustrator. I've noticed that serifed fonts have gone out of style and part of the reason is that serifs look like meaningless junk unless the spacing of the characters is right. I was struggling with this and had my epiphany when I was reading a book that was set in "Palatino" which had beautiful curved serifs…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 949
- Total comments
- 323
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-29 | Text Rendering Hates YouFirst breakout · Best thread | robin_reala | 542 | 169 |
| 2021-05-22 | Text Rendering Hates You | pcr910303 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-05-27 | Text Rendering Hates You | pcr910303 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-05-30 | Text Rendering Hates You (2019) | lnyan | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-10-04 | Text Hates You (2019) | theden | 2 | 1 |
| 2022-02-14 | Text Rendering Hates You (2019)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | WayToDoor | 399 | 153 |