In keeping with the scary seasonal theme, who is using the *fantasy* #CSS generic font family. And why?

[svgeesus@mastodon.scot]

In keeping with the scary seasonal theme, who is using the *fantasy* #CSS generic font family. And why?

No seriously, why?

It is on 0.5% of websites, and I am somewhat horrified.

Fonts 2024

Google Docs (docs.google.com)

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@svgeesus super fun people use it

[jsit@social.coop]

@svgeesus @zachleat I love using it in Codepens where I’m demonstrating something about specificity or otherwise trying to differentiate two things visually.

Nobody uses `cursive`, either, but they should.

[eeeps@front-end.social]

@zachleat @svgeesus TIL it used to be more cowboys and less pirates/elves

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@eeeps @svgeesus all of these genres are super fun, Q.E.D.