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Re: Space Mono

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Post by chongli »

lambda wrote: post #13
nichochar wrote: post #6

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

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. Develo…

it's not recommended for coding

You're not kidding! Code displayed in this font looks downright bizarre[0]!

[0] https://i.imgur.com/6HHFhCw.png

Re: Space Mono

#42

Post by lauritz »

This looks cool, I especially like the lower-case characters (with the possible exception of the descender on the g). Also, the idea of using a monospaced font as a display font rather than a font for restricted environments (terminals) is new to me.

This may be a tangent, but speaking of mono fonts sponsored by big SV firms: Am I the only one who would like to see Apple's San Francisco Mono (which they stealthily debuted at WWDC) released properly (i.e. as an independent font file)? It's currently in the Xcode preview, but you can't use it anywhere else.

Re: Space Mono

#43

Post by lauritz »

jck wrote: post #12
nichochar wrote: post #6

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 really like (and currently use) Input Mono.

http://input.fontbureau.com

Re: Space Mono

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Post by cm3 »

Usul wrote: post #38
cm3 wrote: 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 ...

Thanks, IBM EGA9 and CompaqThin look nice.

Re: Space Mono

#46

Post by coldtea »

cm3 wrote: 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.

>Bitmap fonts preferred for crystal clear rendering and performance.

Where by "crystal clear" you mean terrible jagged edges?

Re: Space Mono

#47

Post by tdaltonc »

mjs wrote: post #22

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

What does 'mono-space' even mean if they're going to do that!

Re: Space Mono

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Post by cm3 »

coldtea wrote: post #46
cm3 wrote: 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.

> Bitmap fonts preferred for crystal clear rendering and performance. Where by "crystal clear" you mean terrible jagged edges?

No, I mean zero smearing with/without anti-aliasing and pixel-perfect versions of the font that fit exactly into the raster. This is certainly a subjective matter, so it's moot to discuss why I fall into the crowd that finds pixel-perfect bitmap monospace fonts most pleasing. Thought it's telling if you see that even Mac users sometimes prefer misc-fixed: https://monkey.org/~marius/beautiful-fixed-width-fonts-for-o...

Re: Space Mono

#49

Post by cm3 »

pavlov wrote: post #40
cm3 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's sans-serif.

There's a monospace font Operator Mono on the same page.

Thanks, but unfortunately that's not what I would call consistently serif, more like some letters looking hand-written.

Re: Space Mono

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Post by qwyxzy »

lauritz wrote: post #43
jck wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 really like (and currently use) Input Mono. http://input.fontbureau.com

Chiming in to agree. I like how you can customize certain characters (like `*' being at the top or in the middle of text, `g' being one or two stories, `0' having a slash or dot).
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