Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code • Hacker News Board

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by function_seven » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 5:43 AM UTC

be5invis wrote: post #30

function_seven wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the parent, but I’ve had an issue where the fi ligature occupies just one character width, which looks very wrong with an otherwise monospace font. If the ligature is done right (resulting glyph is double-width), then I would probably like it.

Iosevka does not have `fi` ligature. The "Term" variant is used for some restricted environments, like some Linux would think that Iosevka is not monospace due to it has glyphs wider than one space.

Good design choice. To be clear, my issue was with another font, not yours.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by kps » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 5:47 AM UTC

prateek_mir wrote: post #8

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.

Many terminals have an option to add space between lines.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by riquito » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 5:52 AM UTC

bandali wrote: post #10

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

I like the use of ligatures to write <= as ≤

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by skolos » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 5:52 AM UTC

I like trying new fonts for coding. So far I went back to my favorite DejaVu Sans Mono as I can legibly use it for coding at size 8. On my screen I can see 65 lines of code. When I tried Iosevka it does look good, but at size 8 it's legibility is not as good as DejaVu, it is about 20% more narrow (which is not too important to me), but it can fit just 60 lines of code on my screen. Less code and less legibility than DejaVu, so I'll pass. But I do love that there is a selection of high quality fonts for coding nowadays.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by seanmcdirmid » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 5:54 AM UTC

I would really like to see a san serif proportional coding font with coding ligatures. I've tried to hack one up myself but I could never figure out the tool chain for it.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by Camillo » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 6:02 AM UTC

be5invis wrote: post #13

Do you know that all letters in Iosevka are EXACTLY 1/2 em wide? For ASIAN users, you can use THIS and preserve your perfect alignment.

So the "m" glyph is half as wide as itself?

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by be5invis » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 6:04 AM UTC

skolos wrote: post #34

I like trying new fonts for coding. So far I went back to my favorite DejaVu Sans Mono as I can legibly use it for coding at size 8. On my screen I can see 65 lines of code. When I tried Iosevka it does look good, but at size 8 it's legibility is not as good as DejaVu, it is about 20% more narrow (which is not too important to me), but it can fit just 60 lines of code on my screen. Less code and less legibility than…

Leading and width is configurable, actually :)

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by s9w » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 6:14 AM UTC

comparison with other monospaced fonts: http://www.s9w.io/font_compare/

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by skolos » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 6:27 AM UTC

be5invis wrote: post #37

skolos wrote: post #34

I like trying new fonts for coding. So far I went back to my favorite DejaVu Sans Mono as I can legibly use it for coding at size 8. On my screen I can see 65 lines of code. When I tried Iosevka it does look good, but at size 8 it's legibility is not as good as DejaVu, it is about 20% more narrow (which is not too important to me), but it can fit just 60 lines of code on my screen. Less code and less legibility than…

Leading and width is configurable, actually :)

I might not be very advanced user. Configurable how? When generating fonts? Or in an editor? Most editors that I use do not have these configuration options.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Post by kodfodrasz » Sat, Apr 01, 2017, 6:30 AM UTC

Finally a font which thinks about other latin based lanuages, and even cyrillic and greek, not only English. Some fonts do this, but few take care to show it in their marketing material.

Thumbs up for the examples and not ignoring the rest of world! (personally I find the fonts too "narrow" fow my use)