Show HN: Times New Bastard mixes fonts by abusing OpenType ligatures via WASM Python
MitPitt · hn · 2026-09-24
A joke Show HN tool called Times New Bastard abuses OpenType's ligature feature to mix glyphs from different fonts, producing cursed text. It runs entirely client-side and stays fast by loading Python in WebAssembly.
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