Jim's TrueType QR Code Font

80 points by markerz 14 hours ago on lobsters | 9 comments

chrismorgan | 9 hours ago

I love how this exposes where the content is encoded in a QR code, starting in the bottom right and weaving up and down, right to left.

For that purpose, I wish the position/alignment/timing markers were filled in immediately on [ rather than waiting for ], because it would help to see the construction. Though I quite understand how putting it on ] avoids wonky intermediate states, or overlong values, being perceived as codes.

quite | 8 hours ago

Ah OpenType is Turing complete, i should have expected that

edwardloveall | 4 hours ago

Challenge to anyone: get Doom running on OpenType somehow.

justinpombrio | 3 hours ago

edwardloveall | 3 hours ago

Incredible.

npmaile | 3 hours ago

This is awesome! I recently got scammed when I had a qr code I was using for my business get kidnapped behind the scenes by a paid-for qr code generator. I should have known better, but I couldn't tell the difference between a web based javascript qr encoder and a scam based qr service. I just wish open options like this had better SEO to prevent people who "shouldn't" necessarily know better.

I usually search for a Javascript QR generator library and go to their demo page from GitHub :p

Garbi | 2 hours ago

I have never scanned a QR code. If a restaurant requires it to see their menu I leave.

runxiyu | 7 hours ago

Well I do wish I could have a button that temporarily allows sites to set their own font.