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New comment by fasola in "Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection"

fasola — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:22:37 +0000

The mea culpa covers the (accidental?) app copying part, but doesn’t cover the lying to Gruber part, which seems worse.

New comment by fasola in "I don't know Apple's endgame for the Fn/Globe key–or if Apple does"

fasola — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:22:33 +0000

> You continue to use it for something else? How is it different from any other default shortcut you don't like and change?

It’s different because “you” in this context is the keyboard manufacturer, not the user.

New comment by fasola in "The hardest working font in Manhattan"

fasola — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:59:00 +0000

I saw the argument more as: Gorton begat Leroy and that became the defacto technical drawing standard through the widespread adoption of drawing templates. The differences between Leroy and the standards you mentioned seem very small to me.

New comment by fasola in "The hardest working font in Manhattan"

fasola — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:36:55 +0000

The article has a link to the licensing agreement between Taylor Hobson and Gorton, links to other posts explaining how Leroy bought Gorton machines, an interactive comparison where you can see the similarity of the letters, and dozens of photos and scans of docs where you can compare them yourself, too. I would say that is a lot of evidence presented.