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Anonymous 12959

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Anonymous 12960

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Razetime

oh, thanks

Adám replying to Razetime

Just open the post and click the tag to remove it.

Razetime replying to Adám

I mean, delete existing tags

Razetime

Oh, thanks.

Adám replying to Razetime

Leave a comment saying you want it deleted, then flag your comment.

Adám replying to Razetime

No, they are stand-alone informative articles.

Adám replying to Razetime

Open the post and click "add tag"

Razetime

Also, how do I delete a [wiki] post?

Razetime

can people answer [wiki] questions?

Razetime

how do I change the tags of a post?

prabhjot drake

Adám

![blob](/image?hash=4b26091d96b9ecfb94e2be6c9e7b340de34ec649b8e6e301619cbe66784403b6)

Adám replying to Jack Douglas

No, it is premature. The community is figuring out what to do. I was just keeping APL.TA informed :-)

Jack Douglas replying to Adám

Shall we switch the site logo to that? I wonder if the grid lines will need to be thicker to be visible in the smaller size, but we could try it and see…

Adám

![blob](/image?hash=75c2b47014a6fc18a955b88dfc58de0ae7ea734b62a0563044e53b200922b608)

Adám

After lots of feedback, including that the font isn't serious enough, and that a grid design would allude to arrays:

Adám

![blob](/image?hash=ef9864d7dfb25638bef9aadaa19e10040945e329971ba0fc52e2208112e2dec8)

Adám

A few variations for various purposes:

Adám

![blob](/image?hash=a2d81fdcdf275b159ebc331cde3ed97bb5912a3c2f489a65065a60ccd98af26a)

Adám

Been playing around with a logo for APL:

Adám replying to Jack Douglas

Beautiful. Thanks!

Jack Douglas replying to Adám

I've added BQN386 and set the defaults as you suggested

Jack Douglas

`○○⎉⚇⍟⊘⊘◶⎊`

Jack Douglas replying to Bubbler

I've added a 'Code Review' question type:  
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Adám replying to Bubbler

I think everything APL-related is on-topic.

Bubbler

Is a code review question on-topic here (if it's written in APL)?

Marshall Lochbaum

It might also be nice to have some sort of non-blocking reminder about how to write code blocks display if a user types text with APL glyphs not in code.

Adám

Segoe UI Symbol is actually very good for APL and almost all of BQN, but isn't free :-(

Adám replying to Marshall Lochbaum

True, but fallbacks should kick in. The important thing is to use a font that has ≢.

Marshall Lochbaum replying to Adám

DejaVu Sans seems to have very poor APL support, with my copy missing even basics like `⌽⌿⌷⎕`.

Adám

@Jack Right, then I think DejaVu Sans + BQN386 will be best as DejaVu Sans will at least render APL acceptably when people forget to markdown their code, and BQN386 (being almost identical to APL385) will look most familiar, since the site is mainly Dyalog focused, and APL385 is Dyalog's go-to font.

Marshall Lochbaum

It's less of a problem to fall back in ordinary text, since the possible change in widths won't look so strange.

Marshall Lochbaum replying to Adám

I don't know of any. I haven't looked into proportional fonts at all.

Adám

@Marshall Any proportional font that has acceptable rendering for BQN?

Jack Douglas

We can add (suitably licensed) fonts no problem, and anyone can change their own font choices. The main question for you to decide is just what font is the default for new users…

Marshall Lochbaum

*I* think so, but it's something to be aware of.

Adám replying to Marshall Lochbaum

Doesn't that only make it better for APL?

Marshall Lochbaum

And I may as well link the [BQN font comparison page](https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/fonts.html) to possibly save readers some downloads.

Marshall Lochbaum

Things to note about DejaVu BQN Sans Mono (hosted [here](https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/blob/master/docs/DejaVuBQNSansMono.ttf)) are that it has no bold or italic version, and it changes some APL characters to align better. So it's not entirely a drop-in replacement.

Adám

Maybe also replace DejaVu Sans Mono with the BQN version?

Adám replying to Marshall Lochbaum

BQN386 is just as good for APL as APL385, so maybe we can simply switch that one out. And sure, I'm happy about adding more fonts.

RikedyP replying to Marshall Lochbaum

+←1 I've started using Fairfax HD and quite like it

Marshall Lochbaum

Regarding fonts, can we add options to support plain monospace/serif/sans-serif, and either [BQN386](https://github.com/dzaima/BQN386) or [Fairfax HD](http://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/fairfaxhd.shtml)? In my wild optimism I'm hoping some people will use BQN here, and in that case they'll want an option that supports BQN characters like `𝕩⎉⥊`.

Anonymous 1678

Cool

RikedyP

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§§§ apl apl-dyalog
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```
:::

RikedyP

You can also execute APL with a single backtick

RikedyP replying to Anonymous 1678

Pretty much, but you can create threads which have their own chats by asking a question in the left pane

Anonymous 1678

is this chat room like the SE one?