MaxHardwood@lemmy.catoAndroid@lemmy.world•Why the hell is installing new fonts such a foreign concept?English
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3 days agoFonts are a lot more complicated than they appear. Font formats like TTF are binary executable. Basically that means a malicious font file installed can run commands on your system just by displaying what looks like the letter m
. Fonts are also processed through an interpreter engine that renders their physical display on screen. Interpreters are nortoriousy a vector of attack because of their low level system access
Check out FontForge if you’re interested in more
Oh gawd. When doing IT support for graphic designers this was the wrost.