Fonts

JoyPixels brings a new Emoji font to MacDirtyCow & kfd devices

JoyPixels banner image.

If you use a lot of Emojis when you type to people and you’re interested in an enhanced Emoji font for your device, then you might take a liking to a new add-on called JoyPixels by iOS developers HackZy and PoomSmart for the MacDirtyCow and kfd exploits for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.1.2 and 16.0-16.6 beta 1 respectively.

How to adjust the text size of specific apps on Mac

Change app text size on Mac

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to customize the font size of specific apps on your Mac running macOS Sonoma. This method allows you to enhance your reading experience by adjusting the font size individually for these apps, without impacting the overall text size of your computer.

MacDirtyCow bug grants advanced system customization, such as changing fonts, on iOS 15.x-16.1.2 without a jailbreak

Different fonts applied to an iPhone with the MacDirtyCow bug.

A bug affecting iOS & iPadOS versions 15.x-16.1.2 and macOS 13.0.1 called CVE-2022-46689, also codenamed MacDirtyCow, has been making headlines recently. This bug was discovered by security researcher Ian Beer of Google Project Zero, and while it’s not being used in any jailbreaks, it does appear to be at the epicenter of some interesting hacks for modding iPhones and iPads recently, such as TrollLock Reborn.

How to create and use a Font Book library on Mac

Font Book New Library

If you use various fonts for projects on your Mac, then you might be familiar with the Font Book. This handy tool lets you find additional fonts as well as download and install more styles.

When you start building up more and more fonts that you use regularly, you’ll want to keep them organized. One way to do this is by creating Collections or Smart Collections. But another is to create and use a library.

Collections are great for grouping similar styles or those for certain projects, like webpages. But a library can simply collect the fonts you like or become the default location for new fonts you install.

Here’s how to create a use a Font Book library on your Mac.