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		xtacy on Feb 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pixelfari: a pixely, 8-bitty version of Safari fro... Can someone throw light as to how this is done? It seems to use the native Safari app, unless I am wrong.

modernerd on Feb 16, 2011 [–]

It uses WebKit rebuilt with 8-bit png image assets, combined with the PixelMix font[1] and what appears to be a custom library called 'Pixelifier'[2]. Very clever.

[1] http://www.dafont.com/pixelmix.font [2] (Examined package contents and found 'PixelifierDynamic.dylib')

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