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Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by tbirdz »

otterpro wrote: post #69
s9w wrote: post #36

I've added it to the programming font comparison at http://s9w.io/font_compare/

This is cool. Do you take request to add font to your site? If so, could you also add one of my favorite font Nanum Gothic to sw9w.io?( http://dev.naver.com/projects/nanumfont/download/ ). Although it is relatively unknown, I haven't found any programming font I like except this one.

The link you provided doesn't work, here's the correct link. http://dev.naver.com/projects/nanumfont/download

Notice there is no slash at the end of it. It won't work with the slash at the end.

Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by reedlaw »

s9w wrote: post #36

I've added it to the programming font comparison at http://s9w.io/font_compare/

I added Mononoki to the default comparison and found I like it best of all the san-serif fonts but overall prefer the serifs over san-serifs, particularly Anonymous Pro.

Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by hobarrera »

s9w wrote: post #36

I've added it to the programming font comparison at http://s9w.io/font_compare/

Details on the antialiasing configuration would be nice. These look completely different from what my fontconfig renders (uglies, IMHO, but that's subjective).

Maybe a bit more tweaking options, like the basic AA, hinting, etc would help.

Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by _acme »

teddyh wrote: post #37
kbenson wrote: post #4

Monospace - This is an universal requirement for source code typography. It's not just an historic artifact from the olden days of terminals, but an useful convention to allow two dimensional structuring and highlighting differences on the character level. Well, since there are people that swear by using variable space fonts for programming, it's not necessarily a universal requirement. I agree it is a very useful co…

> there are people that swear by using variable space fonts for programming This might include Bjarne Stroustrup – all the code examples in The C++ Programming Language is in a variable space font.

Bjarne uses Rob Pike's Sam text editor, which by default uses a proportional font (Lucida).

Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by lstamour »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #75
maxaf wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've considered doing just that, but it wouldn't be the right thing to do. I don't want to make money using something that technically isn't mine to use.

Out of curiosity, I just installed Bloomberg Professional (all 2GB+ of it; contrary to the Quora post, the font package won't run by itself, you have to install the entire program), copied the fonts, and uninstalled it. At no point was I shown any sort of licensing agreement or terms of service. I fell no moral obligation to refrain from local use of some fonts that Bloomberg offered me for free.

Not actually true. When you install the software required for the addons to install, it says quite clearly:

> The software contained herein (the "Software") is made available to you ("You") solely pursuant to the terms of the agreement that You previously entered into with Bloomberg ("Bloomberg Agreement"). IF YOU HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO THE BLOOMBERG AGREEMENT, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, RUN AND/OR OPERATE THE SOFTWARE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER.

I think that's pretty darn clear if you ask me.

Besides that, in the agreement itself well ... actually it's kind of vague, because it's sooo dang long and in such small print that I fell asleep hunting for it: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/700565-bloomberg-ter...

I suppose in the long run, as long as you aren't redistributing it or making a profit off its use, Bloomberg considers its data more valuable than its terminal software or fonts. After all, they do make it publicly available for download without a license agreement. (Shakes fist at Oracle/Sun...)

Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by alexeiz »

teddyh wrote: post #37
kbenson wrote: post #4

Monospace - This is an universal requirement for source code typography. It's not just an historic artifact from the olden days of terminals, but an useful convention to allow two dimensional structuring and highlighting differences on the character level. Well, since there are people that swear by using variable space fonts for programming, it's not necessarily a universal requirement. I agree it is a very useful co…

> there are people that swear by using variable space fonts for programming This might include Bjarne Stroustrup – all the code examples in The C++ Programming Language is in a variable space font.

A variable space font is good for a programming book where it can be a challenge to fit 80-character wide line of code on a page, but awful for actual programming.

Re: Mononoki – A Font for Programming and Code Review

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Post by s9w »

otterpro wrote: post #69
s9w wrote: post #36

I've added it to the programming font comparison at http://s9w.io/font_compare/

This is cool. Do you take request to add font to your site? If so, could you also add one of my favorite font Nanum Gothic to sw9w.io?( http://dev.naver.com/projects/nanumfont/download/ ). Although it is relatively unknown, I haven't found any programming font I like except this one.

Hey sure, I'm always looking for fonts I've missed. I have to do some research now, but I'll add it in the evening.
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