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Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by MoonWalk »

FaceType wrote: post #80
MoonWalk wrote: post #52

The "code" version: Capital "i" has crossbars? CHECK Zero is distinguishable from O? CHECK "Text" version: Capital "i" has crossbars? NOPE, so no dice. I hate fonts that don't have a properly-formed capital "i".

In sans-serif text typefaces capital ‘I’ is traditionally a simple vertical rectangle without serifs. But we were estimating some folks would miss those serifs so if you want to have a ‘properly-formed’ capital ‘I’ just activate stylistic set 02 (ss02, = ‘Alt I J i j r’). To see what this looks like, take a look here: https://www.monolisa.dev/tester/text

Thanks for the reply, and that option. Pretty cool!

But the crossbars aren't serifs!

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by mmgutz »

kristianp wrote: post #60
cyphar wrote: post #8

I'm more of a bitmap font guy (at least, as long as my eyes continue to forgive me for it) but I'm always interested to see what other fonts there are around. It does look quite nice. I must admit when I ran across the second real paragraph from the main page, I couldn't help but only think more and more about how we will look back on marketing copy like this in a decade from now: AI assistants produce both code and…

I've taken recently to running bitmap Terminus (not the ttf) in my terminals. I find the lack of blurred edges to be extremely refreshing. My laptop has a pixel density of about 162 ppi, so normal fonts, especially in chrome on linux don't make me happy. Do you recommend any specific bitmap coding fonts?

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Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by piskov »

Chu4eeno wrote: post #72
piskov wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought Operator Mono circa 2020 for even more — still rocking it today. Seems like a no big deal for a thing you keep looking at for many hours every day. kiliman/operator-mono-lig on github patches it to support ligatures. And I wish Hoefler guys added support for more languages Video and some code screenshots: https://typography.com/blog/introducing-operator Character set: https://typography.com/fonts/operator/ov…

I get a redirect loop on both of your links.

Something on your side

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by FaceType »

MoonWalk wrote: post #91
FaceType wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In sans-serif text typefaces capital ‘I’ is traditionally a simple vertical rectangle without serifs. But we were estimating some folks would miss those serifs so if you want to have a ‘properly-formed’ capital ‘I’ just activate stylistic set 02 (ss02, = ‘Alt I J i j r’). To see what this looks like, take a look here: https://www.monolisa.dev/tester/text

Thanks for the reply, and that option. Pretty cool! But the crossbars aren't serifs!

You are correct. But the letter ‘I’ never has crossbars, no matter what font you are looking at. If you mean the horizontal stem, that is a serif.

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by s2banks »

PufPufPuf wrote: post #47

Umm... Who would pay $149 to use a font? Maybe I'm not enough of a typography nerd, but I find the free choices (JetBrains Mono, Iosevka, Fira Code, ...) quite enough.

The free choices are fine, but I've just upgraded to v3 for both Code + Text because I genuinely like how MonoLisa is built compared with the others you've listed. I like the width, I like the descenders, I like the terminals, I like the ligatures (I don't have to go looking for some NF font variant) -- I guess I'm a typogrpahy nerd? (Probably, as I can see Bringhurst and Stocks to my left.)

I don't know if you've looked at the cost of other fonts, but $149 is very much on the "cheaper" end. And it's worth it to me to have a font I like looking at, as I'll be looking at it all day every day. Better yet if you're someone who enjoys the ones you listed. It just so happens that out of the list of 4, MonoLisa appeals to me the most.

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