字體雜談 A typography miscellany

〔粵〕這一集我們為您帶來三則來自全球和本地字體設計社群的新聞:

美國國務院已禁止使用Calibri字體並重新採用Times New Roman，稱前任政府的字體選擇是「浪費的多元化舉措」。Calibri於2002–04年間設計，是微軟ClearType字體系列的一員，針對改善螢幕閱讀體驗設計。而Times New Roman則是於1930年代為倫敦《泰晤士報》設計的字體。

關於AI生成內容過度使用破折號（em dash）的爭議於近期浮現。儘管專業作家、記者和編輯為正確使用標點符號辯護，有些人卻刻意引入錯字和不正確的標點符號，以避免其作品被誤判為以AI生成。

第11 屆TypeMeet已於12月16–17日於香港知專設計學院舉行，匯聚了來自韓國、上海、寧波、東莞和長沙的講者，進行了豐富的字體設計知識交流。

[Cantonese] In this episode, we bring you three news items from the global and local typography community:

The US State Department has banned the use of Calibri and returned to Times New Roman, calling the previous administration’s font choice a ‘wasteful diversity move’. Calibri was designed in 2002–04 as part of Microsoft’s ClearType font collection to improve on-screen reading, while Times New Roman was created for The Times newspaper in London in the 1930s.

A controversy has emerged over the excessive use of em dashes in AI-generated content. While professional authors, journalists, and editors defend proper punctuation use, some writers are deliberately introducing typos and incorrect punctuation to avoid having their work misjudged as AI-generated.

The 11th TypeMeet took place at the Hong Kong Design Institute on 16–17 December, bringing together speakers from Korea, Shanghai, Ningbo, Dongguan, and Changsha for a rich exchange of typographic knowledge.

00:00–45:00
Calibri vs Times New Roman

The Guardian's report on the order to use Times New Roman, replacing Calibri

Microsoft's ClearType documentation 'Now Read This'

Microsoft's ClearType collection website

Lucas de Groot's IG post on Calibri and Times New Roman

45:00–1:04:20
Em-dash controversy

Rolling Stone's article on the discussion on em dashes

1:04:20–1:17:13
TypeMeet: starting point/ meeting point

Our event's registration website (it has ended, but the event details are still up)

1:17:13–end of episode
Exit sign in Kowloon Bay station update/ new year’s resolution