Tuesday, October 8, 2024

So here is a free iOS app idea that would be incredibly popular with a specific audience. Go to http://nerdfonts.com, select the fonts with liberal licenses (MIT, CC 4, Apache 2.0, etc.), bundle them into an app called "Nerd Fonts" and call it a day.

The way that iOS and iPad OS handle fonts is ridiculous. Apps can provide fonts as bundled resources, but as far as I can tell there aren't any apps that do. Instead, there are these font management apps that use unsigned VPN profiles to install fonts.