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Re: Space Mono

#31
post #12

Am 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.

I was in same same boat, but took a liking to Inconsolata-dz https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Inconsolata

Re: Space Mono

#32
post #7

Gotta 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…

I think you meant "aesthetically pleasing", but I'm looking forward now to using the phrase "ascetically pleasing" in earnest :)

Re: Space Mono

#34
post #16

I 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.

Have you tried Luxi Mono or Linux Libertine Mono?

Will try again, but it didn't look as clean and sharp as Terminus, Fixed or even DejaVu Sans Mono.

Re: Space Mono

#35
post #16

I 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.

PT Mono?

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Re: Space Mono

#36
post #22

For some reason this contains fi and fl ligatures, which look pretty odd on a monospaced font: http://imgur.com/4tJkbaK

I'd not spotted that before reading your comment, and went looking expecting a double-width ligature, which would be quite cool. Squeezing the ligature into a single character width seems sub-optimal for a monospaced font.

Re: Space Mono

#37
post #16

I 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.

PT Mono?

I had the same issue as with any other TTF font that's not DejaVu, meaning foggy rendering.

Re: Space Mono

#38
post #16

I 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.

Take a look at The Oldschool PC Font Resource

http://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/

There a some quite good monospace font with serifs. I use them a lot at my terminals, reminds me of the good old days ...

Re: Space Mono

#39

Font's cool, but damn, gotta remark on Google's UI polish in (what I assume is) Material. It's so smooth and fluid -- I'd love to create something that coherent.

Not so fluid on my Chrome on Android. Bring up the search sidebar and try to scroll it.
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