Editorial & Testing Policy
How we decide what to publish, how we check it, and how we keep it accurate.
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What we publish
We publish tools and guides about lettering, styled Unicode text, and handwriting. A page exists only if it helps with a distinct task, such as styling a name for a specific platform, learning to write a letter in cursive, or understanding why text shows as boxes. We don’t publish pages that only repeat another page with a different keyword.
How pages are written
- Every page is written individually. No page’s text is produced by swapping a word into a shared template. Data tables (characters and their code points) are generated from our lettering engine so they are exact.
- Writing may be AI-assisted. Drafts can be prepared with the help of AI writing tools. Nothing is published until its facts have been checked against the sources below, and we remove anything we can’t verify.
- Plain language. We explain why things work the way they do, give real examples, and say when a style is a bad idea.
Who does what
- Maya Chen, lettering designer and type educator, is the author. She writes the guides, sets the style rules and editorial standards, decides which generator outputs are clear enough to publish as examples, and approves what gets published.
- Jordan Hale, graphic designer and accessibility reviewer, is the independent checker. He reviews content after Maya drafts it and does not write the first draft. He checks that the instructions match the live tool, that the design advice is specific enough to use, and that the text doesn’t overclaim (no fake awards, invented client names, or “the best” promises). He also checks colour contrast on example images and mobile readability, and signs off only after corrections are in.
How content is reviewed
- Maya writes the guide from the generator’s real options and from common lettering problems (spacing, overlap, thin strokes, small-size failure).
- Examples are created in Cool Lettering Generator and saved with the settings used, so a reader can repeat them.
- Jordan reviews the draft against the live tool. If a button, style name or step doesn’t match, the draft goes back.
- Claims stay limited to what the tool does. No invented rankings, awards or client results.
- The byline and the “checked by” line both stay on the page, with the month of the last review.
Nothing is marked “Checked by Jordan Hale” until his pass is done. Pages that are still waiting for review show the author byline and a “last updated” date only.
Sources we rely on
| Topic | Primary sources |
|---|---|
| Unicode characters, names, blocks, normalisation | The Unicode Standard and the Unicode Character Database (unicode.org) |
| Platform rules (character limits, allowed characters) | Official help centres and developer documentation of each platform; X’s open-source twitter-text configuration for character weighting |
| Accessibility | Published guidance from disability organisations and accessibility specialists, cited on the page |
| Handwriting | Established US cursive models (Zaner-Bloser, D’Nealian, Palmer) |
How we label uncertainty
Platforms don’t document everything. Some game name limits, for example, are only reported by players. When a fact comes from a third party or can’t be confirmed, the page says so, using words like “reported” or “not officially documented”, rather than presenting it as certain. Sources are linked where they exist.
How tools are checked
- The lettering engine has automated tests for every style. They check, for example, that script capital B uses the correct Letterlike Symbols character (ℬ, U+212C) and that styled text converts back to plain text.
- Style metadata (display support, screen-reader impact, character coverage) is currently based on the Unicode block each style uses and how widely fonts for that block ship on current operating systems. We’re building a dated, device-by-device test log, and we update the metadata whenever a style behaves differently from what we state.
Updates and corrections
- Platform rules are re-checked periodically, and after we hear a platform has changed.
- A page’s “last updated” date, and the month beside “Checked by”, change only when the page has actually been reviewed or corrected, never just to look fresh.
- To report an error, email [email protected] or use the contact page. If you’re right, we fix the page.
Independence
Advertising never influences what we write or which styles we recommend. We don’t accept payment for links or reviews, and we don’t publish sponsored content.