so, mono != programming font
Space Mono
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Re: Space Mono
#12Am I missing something here? Is this a new font or something? Is it a recommended mono used for coding? Do people like it? I am pretty happy with Monaco
I've been using Monaco for years. Something about it is very pleasing to me. However, I'm sort of bored with it and haven't been able to find a suitable replacement.
Re: Space Mono
#13Am I missing something here? Is this a new font or something? Is it a recommended mono used for coding? Do people like it? I am pretty happy with Monaco
No, it's not recommended for coding; it's a display font, to be used for headlines, titles, and the like, things where you want a little bit of stylistic flair. Here's the description from the link:
About
Space Mono is an original fixed-width type family designed by Colophon
Foundry for Google Design. It supports a Latin Extended glyph set,
enabling typesetting for English and other Western European languages.
Developed for editorial use in headline and display typography, the
letterforms infuse a geometric foundation and grotesque details with
qualities often found in headline typefaces of the 1960s (See:
Microgramma[1], Eurostile[2]), many of which have since been co-opted by
science fiction films, television, and literature.
Typographic features include old-style figures, superscript and subscript
numerals, fractions, center-height and cap-height currency symbols,
directional arrows, and multiple stylistic alternates.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgramma_(typeface)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EurostileRe: Space Mono
#14Am I missing something here? Is this a new font or something? Is it a recommended mono used for coding? Do people like it? I am pretty happy with Monaco
mono != programming font
Re: Space Mono
#15Yep, that's a font.
And the crowd goes mild.
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#16I could really use a serif monospace font for coding and terminals. Haven't found a good one yet.
EDIT: Bitmap fonts preferred for crystal clear rendering and performance.
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#17I could really use a serif monospace font for coding and terminals. Haven't found a good one yet. EDIT: Bitmap fonts preferred for crystal clear rendering and performance.
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#18Gotta say, wasn't that interested when I clicked the link thinking "yet another programming font". I must have 30 or so installed and yet still end up using Consolas (mostly because it's the default in my IDE and I've had to reinstall a few times this last year). I will say, though, that I have always hated the traditional "a" used in fonts, preferring the more simplified one that's typically used in handwriting, so…
In most fonts the italic "a" is as you describe. (Like a truncated "d".)
Re: Space Mono
#19Gotta say, wasn't that interested when I clicked the link thinking "yet another programming font". I must have 30 or so installed and yet still end up using Consolas (mostly because it's the default in my IDE and I've had to reinstall a few times this last year). I will say, though, that I have always hated the traditional "a" used in fonts, preferring the more simplified one that's typically used in handwriting, so…
This "a" is the main reason I use "Clean" here (distributed in clR6x12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz by xorg)
Unfortunately, that's a bitmap font, so not always appropriate depending on your monitor.