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Show HN: QR code renderer in a TrueType font qr.jim.sh

In the "Libre Barcode Project" discussion yesterday, 1bpp asked: "Is anyone willing to sacrifice their sanity for the sake of implementing a QR renderer as TTF hinting code?"

Yes. I had some tokens to burn and was curious... turns out, it's possible. This was put together by a mix of Gemini, GPT, and Claude (depending on which usage limits kept running out).


bigboss270013 hours ago

That's a wonderfully cursed idea.

WenboSa day ago

This is absolute black magic. I never realized OpenType rules were powerful enough to render something as complex as a QR matrix inline.

1bpp6 hours ago

This is terrifying, great job!

foodevlop2 days ago

1bpp's comment suggesting this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48682460

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