Jim's TrueType QR Code Font
118 points by markerz
118 points by markerz
Ah OpenType is Turing complete, i should have expected that
Challenge to anyone: get Doom running on OpenType somehow.
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.
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.
The ability to copy the text of the qr content (which imho seems like the biggest benefit here, besides just cool OT hacking) seems broken in chrome. If I select the qr itself and copy, all I get is the closing bracket.
I noticed the same thing. It seems to be more about which range a "double click" chooses to select. If you drag the selection to ensure it covers the "entire" QR, you also get the entire text.
I wasn't seeing that, was getting the same thing whether I double clicked or dragged, unless I also included other text in the selection... until I thought to try something different. It looks like (at least for me) drag selection of just the qr code works, but only if you drag left to right. If you do the same selection but drag right to left you also get the bracket only.
is it just me or it doesn't work on mobile? i see both as normal text, regardless of which font i pick in the select. (Brave browser on android)