Trollstuck worldbuilding details - please help Liz decide!

[edenfalling]

It has been suggested to me that Alonde's typing quirk should be to use a completely different font from normal chatlog text (i.e., Courier New). This will help differentiate her from Eridan and Feferi, whose colors are otherwise far too similar to hers.

The thing is, font display is such a hit and miss thing, plus there's the issue of finding one that lines up nicely when set next to, on top of, and underneath a whole bunch of Courier New. And it can't distort emoticons too much either.

So. Here are a few options. Please tell me if they display or fail to display on your computers! Please also tell me if they are too small to easily read.

TT: This is Trebuchet MS
TT: I am testing how it deals with stacked lines =:)
TT: And this is normal chatlog text for comparison =:)

TT: This is Monotype Corsiva
TT: I am testing how it deals with stacked lines =:)
TT: And this is normal chatlog text for comparison =:)

TT: This is Monotype Corsiva at +1 size
TT: I am testing how it deals with stacked lines =:)
TT: And this is normal chatlog text for comparison =:)

TT: This is Lucida Handwriting
TT: I am testing how it deals with stacked lines =:)
TT: And this is normal chatlog text for comparison =:)

TT: This is Pristina
TT: I am testing how it deals with stacked lines =:)
TT: And this is normal chatlog text for comparison =:)

TT: This is Pristina at +1 size
TT: I am testing how it deals with stacked lines =:)
TT: And this is normal chatlog text for comparison =:)

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On the subject of other things that could inform a typing quirk, Alonde likes tentacles and needles. She's a seadweller. And her symbol is Eris:

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(Jarlia is Ceres , Jothan is Mercury , and Davven is the Sun , btw. Because of Symbolic Reasons, and also in the latter case because it's the closest mimic I could find to a record. *grin*)

Comments

[edenfalling]

Spacing between lines, mostly. Different fonts create different amounts of white space, which, given that the identifying text (the "TT:" part) will always be Courier New, could create a weird visual disjoint. For example, Lucida Handwriting looks cramped compared to the other fonts, because it spikes just a bit further above and below the line and eats into the white space. And the +1 size examples distort the whole line they're attached to, putting an extra vertical gap between the "TT:" identifiers at the fronts of each line.

Weird that Pristina distorts the color for you when sized up! I didn't even color each example separately -- that whole block is surrounded by a single color command, so there's no reason for any individual part of it to look any different from the rest.

Nobody italicizes normal chatlog text in canon, but I personally think italicized Courier New looks kind of tacky and is not really the elegant handwriting effect I think Rose Alonde would go for if she bothered messing with her font at all. I could be convinced, though, particularly since my only other viable idea so far is to frame her text in paired arrows, based on the horizontal Hand of Eris symbol. => And that's just as much of a pain to type and code. <= *sigh*

(I have done more html coding for this fic than I have ever done in my life. *headdesk* Oh well, learning is good for me... I think...)