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Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by justinjlynn » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 2:03 AM UTC

Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code
be5invis.github.io

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by morinted » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 3:59 AM UTC

tl;dr: "from code" refers to the fact that you can regenerate the font with your own parameters.

Cool image in the readme showing a bunch of different styles inspired by other fonts: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/be5invis/Iosevka/master/im...

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by simlevesque » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:00 AM UTC

It is a really pretty font.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:00 AM UTC

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Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by obstinate » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:00 AM UTC

I doubt this is going to replace Ubuntu Mono for me (so many fonts have tried, and so many have failed). But it's my duty, and my obsession, to give it a shot for a few days. So I'll spend some quality time with this on Monday. Whether it does or doesn't succeed in dislodging UM from my bosom, thank you very much for the effort you've put in. This is how progress gets made.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by widdma » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:05 AM UTC

The slight curve to usually straight letters like 'v' and 'k' reminds me a bit of of Inconsolata. I really like this touch and makes a monospaced font flow. Is it also using Spiro splines?

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by zitterbewegung » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:05 AM UTC

A lot of programmer fonts feel too wide for me. I think I will give this a try . It looks beautiful and it's open source .

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by prateek_mir » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:33 AM UTC

It is a really good font, however, it just doesn't work for me on terminal & terminal based applications. Somehow I find that there is too little spacing between the lines.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by indemnity » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:35 AM UTC

This font has been my daily driver for at least a year.

It has some similarities with Pragmata Pro (my previous font), but has evolved to have its own personality now.

I build a custom version of the font with this command-line:

  $ make custom-config design='v-tilde-low v-asterisk-low v-underscore-low v-at-short v-zero-dotted term' && make custom

This gives me:

- Disabled ligatures (I don't like them for my coding font)

- Underscore below the baseline (it is called underscore, after all)

- Tilde and asterisk centered vertically

- Zero with dots through it

- Fira Sans style @ symbol.

Sample: http://i.imgur.com/Hq4X7oV.png

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by bandali » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 4:36 AM UTC

Iosevka is indeed a very pretty typeface. I've been using it for a while now and been really enjoying it.

Here's some Dafny code for your viewing pleasure: https://i.imgur.com/clxUR1y.png