jimparis/qr-font
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A QR code generator in a TrueType font: https://qr.jim.sh/
5 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 2 stories, 3 comments · first 2026-07-01 · latest 2026-07-08
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This doesn't use hinting. Some reasons why are listed at: https://github.com/jimparis/qr-font/blob/master/design.md#wh...
comment by foodevl · 2026-07-08 · in Jim's TrueType QR Code Font -
Some details of how it works are in https://github.com/jimparis/qr-font/blob/master/design.md Fair warning though: this was designed and implemented by an LLM, as an experiment to see if it was possible. I only guided it to a working…
comment by foodevl · 2026-07-08 · in Jim's TrueType QR Code Font -
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Jim's TrueType QR Code Fontstory by arantius · 2026-07-07 · 29 comments
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Jim's TrueType QR Code Fontstory by gpvos · 2026-07-06 · 2 comments
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See https://github.com/jimparis/qr-font/blob/master/design.md for the actual design. As who have written a QR code encoder library... I'm in shock and awe.
comment by lifthrasiir · 2026-07-01 · in Show HN: QR code renderer in a TrueType font