Feb 26, 2021

Using fonts with Blogger

By Paolo Amoroso • Issue #56 • View online

Hello,

WordPress, the most popular blogging platform, is highly customizable. With its many options and a vast ecosystem of themes, plugins, and widgets, you can design down to the pixel the blogs and websites you want.

Blogger, Google’s blogging platform, is the underdog. It’s easy to start a blog with Blogger. As for design, it has a few tricks up its sleeve, too. For example, in addition to a basic selection of themes and widgets, you can create custom themes. And tweak typography with a huge assortment of fonts. An article below discusses just this.

— Paolo Amoroso

Android

Quickly access Assistant's interpreter mode with a homescreen shortcut

This is not be the best time to travel. But if you do, the Google Assistant has a real-time interpreter mode that helps you communicate with people in languages you don’t speak. Learn how to create a home screen shortcut to start the mode with just a tap instead of navigating to the Assistant’s option.

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Chrome and Chrome OS

How to enable an extension in Chrome’s Incognito Mode

Privacy is a good reason Chrome disables extensions in Incognito Mode. But sometimes you do need some extension, for example, to process data in the page or invoke a tool. Here’s how to enable specific extensions in Incognito.

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How to find your Chromebook’s serial number

Your Chromebook’s serial number is an obscure piece of information with geeky value. But it can be important also to ordinary users, for example, to locate warranty information if the device needs servicing. Here’s how to find the serial number and why you’d want to.

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Google Meet, Blogger

Report abuse in a Google Meet meeting

In a few years the word “zoombombing” will sound so 2020. It denotes abuses in video calls ranging from uninvited guests and pranks to inappropriate behavior. Google Meet has a similar problem, so it’s better to learn how to report these kinds of abuses in calls.

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How to find and use Blogger's 1000+ fonts

Blogger has native support for Google Fonts, Google’s vast collection of over a thousand free fonts. Learn how to add and use these fonts in the Blogger editor. This way you’ll be able to add a variety of fonts to posts.

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Android apps

MarineDeck

If you love TweetDeck, have a look at MarineDeck. It’s an Android Twitter client that brings the full TweetDeck experience to your phone. It provides most of the features of the desktop version adapted to the mobile form factor. For example, you can swipe between columns.

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Web apps

Bkmark

Speaking of Twitter, what do you do when you run across a tweet you want to save? You probably tap the heart icon. That’s a crude tool as you end up interleaving content to save with tweets you just liked. Bkmark is a specialized tool for saving, tagging, filtering, and searching tweets.

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