One such cryptic string is
Unlike Shanghai fonts that favor elegance or Hong Kong fonts that lean angular, Beijing street typography has a "squat" quality—slightly wider and shorter than standard Hei (black) typefaces. The by-jossq font pushes character widths to 105% of standard, mimicking the bold, pragmatic lettering seen on Beijing hutong signboards. by-jossq-dmf-in-beijing font
Most modern operating systems (macOS Ventura and later, Windows 11) ignore old DMF files. If you find the by-jossq TTF today, the spacing will look broken. The "magic" of the font—the Beijing-local metrics—is lost unless you also preserve the companion DMF and use legacy software (like Adobe CS6 or FontForge with custom scripts). One such cryptic string is Unlike Shanghai fonts