pensnest: bright-eyed baby me (Rackham is baffled again)
pensnest ([personal profile] pensnest) wrote2019-10-02 02:02 pm

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I. Am baffled.

I followed a MetaFilter link to a page on Longreads (this one) and noticed that there are no x, y and z letters on the pages.

Is there some unprecedented quirk in my browser? When I cut and paste this sentence, it all shows.

Longreads publishes and curates powerful writing, from personal essays to investigative journalism — and we wouldn’t exist without supporters like you

But when I read it online, it looks like this: Longreads publishes and curates powerful writing, from personal essas to investigative journalism — and we wouldn’t e"ist without supporters like ou.

I… have no idea what is going on. i thought perhaps it was a means of making articles available to people who haven't paid a subscription, but on the Join Longreads page there is no mention of getting your end-of-alphabet back if you pay. Beast suggests they are using a weird font that—for reasons passing understanding—doesn't show these letters.

Take a look! Do you get this y-less effect?
copracat: xena (xena makes my day)

[personal profile] copracat 2019-10-02 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The page with the adorbs illustrations has x,y and Z for me. I'm using Firefox on a Mac.