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Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by mangeletti »

bberrry wrote: post #13

I desperately want to find a new code font to love but I always return to Consolas.

+1

That's a strange feeling, huh? It's similar to how we always want more (money, vacation, etc.) in life, but when we get there we just want more again. I've had the thought about Consolas many times; "Why do I keep looking for a new one when I like Consolas?". I think the answer is that we always seek novelty, because that drives evolution.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by teamhappy »

CodeWriter23 wrote: post #44
teamhappy wrote: post #11

Comparison with Fira Mono at 12px: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/140470 I'll stick with Fira.

On my Mac, Hack has increased leading (space between lines) which makes it more readable. Quite a bit more IMO. I'm curious why your screen shots show identical leading.

Compared to Fira or compared to Hack rendered on my system? Are you using Atom/WebKit too? Same font size?

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by jmtulloss »

dogas wrote: post #51

Hack is DejaVu sans mono. Below is a gif I took switching between DejaVu sans mono and Hack. Aside from line height I fail to see the difference. http://gfycat.com/SomberUnitedGermanshepherd

If you look more closely you'll see that many of the glyphs are changed, most subtly. The lowercase "i" is the most significant change I saw.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by cokernel »

timbre wrote: post #54
dogas wrote: post #51

Hack is DejaVu sans mono. Below is a gif I took switching between DejaVu sans mono and Hack. Aside from line height I fail to see the difference. http://gfycat.com/SomberUnitedGermanshepherd

"i" is different. Don't see anything else though.

Comma and colon are also quite different.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by hieronymusN »

FranOntanaya wrote: post #42

I use Hasklig, even though on a different language. I love having ligatures for common symbols. I should pick up fontforge again and adapt it to PHP https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig/

The use of ligatures in Hasklig is very intriguing. Would really like to see more work in this vein. Could see benefits to Clojure (arrows) and even => in JavaScript.

EDIT: Looks like FiraCode has ligatures too https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

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