@Betty ahh yeah i have also gone “hm” at those on occasion
@Satsuma yeaaaah. I don't think we as a society need to ban them, but it causes me to go "hmmmmm"
nazi nonsense
@Satsuma@glitch.cat.family @Betty@fandom.ink Random aside, but I do always find it funny that what we nowadays consider the "Nazi fonts" (specifically Fraktur and Tannenberg), were banned by the Nazi party for being "Jewish letters" in 1941... in an official memo that used them for its header.
@Betty@fandom.ink @Satsuma@glitch.cat.family As someone who kinda likes blackletter fonts... ye-ee-eah. They sure do have some history!
(Also I added the proper emoji for you, lol.)
@Satsuma There's just a lot of brushstroke fonts that are like, trying to emulate CJK fonts, and.
I'm not saying they're racist, because honestly, I'm not really in a position to say, but they do cause me stop and say "wait, is this racist?"
(as to german nationalist fonts: yikes)