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Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

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Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#41

Post by stinos »

joatmon-snoo wrote: post #22
debaserab2 wrote: post #16

I don't know what it is about this font but it doesn't feel monospaced. Using this font I constantly keep second guessing myself as to where I've placed whitespace. Maybe I just need to use it more, I don't know.

Glancing at it I'm not sure if I would immediately be comfortable with it - it's a much narrower glyph than the type I'm used to. I think the lower width:height ratio is part of your whitespace issue, combined with the seemingly liberal kerning.

it's a much narrower glyph than the type I'm used to.

Exactly this. Maybe if I'd be staring at it for days it would be ok, but right now it feels uncomfortable to read, to the point I'm probably not even going to try. Then again, just like the other commenter I always come back to Consolas or something so similar that it's hard to distinguish.

On a sidenote: what is the font is this textbox I'm typing in?

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#42

Post by pvinis »

Iosevka is awesome! I've been using it for a while now. I started with inconsolata, went to anonymous pro, and then iosevka. I'm very happy with it. I like the fact that it's narrow because now I can have my editor split in three.

Lately I've been trying out operator mono. Still not sure if it will win over iosevka.

Very good job be5invis!

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#43

Post by omgtehlion »

kodfodrasz wrote: post #40

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)

Actually, it does pretty much ignore all other languages given its width. They did it as narrow as possible (with latin letters) and just shoehorned all others later.

> Finally a font which thinks about other......but few take care to show it in their marketing material

Almost all commercial fonts do this. Just take a look around.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#44

Post by mtkd »

debaserab2 wrote: post #16

I don't know what it is about this font but it doesn't feel monospaced. Using this font I constantly keep second guessing myself as to where I've placed whitespace. Maybe I just need to use it more, I don't know.

if you've not tried it already take a look at "M+ 1M light" - I run it at quite a high font size - it's similar but less ornate to Iosevka

on the whitespace - Sublime and Atom have a setting to put an unobtrusive dot or line which I find useful

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#45

Post by function_seven »

stinos wrote: post #41
joatmon-snoo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glancing at it I'm not sure if I would immediately be comfortable with it - it's a much narrower glyph than the type I'm used to. I think the lower width:height ratio is part of your whitespace issue, combined with the seemingly liberal kerning.

it's a much narrower glyph than the type I'm used to. Exactly this. Maybe if I'd be staring at it for days it would be ok, but right now it feels uncomfortable to read, to the point I'm probably not even going to try. Then again, just like the other commenter I always come back to Consolas or something so similar that it's hard to distinguish. On a sidenote: what is the font is this textbox I'm typing in?

> On a sidenote: what is the font is this textbox I'm typing in?

Can’t say. The stylesheet specifies ‘monospace’, so the font is whatever your browser’s default monospace font is. For me, it’s Courier. But yours could be anything.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#46

Post by nsaje »

joatmon-snoo wrote: post #22
debaserab2 wrote: post #16

I don't know what it is about this font but it doesn't feel monospaced. Using this font I constantly keep second guessing myself as to where I've placed whitespace. Maybe I just need to use it more, I don't know.

Glancing at it I'm not sure if I would immediately be comfortable with it - it's a much narrower glyph than the type I'm used to. I think the lower width:height ratio is part of your whitespace issue, combined with the seemingly liberal kerning.

I felt the same way at first, but I got used to it very quickly. Now I can't switch back, all the other fonts seem bloated and wasting screen real estate.

In fact, it's so much more space efficient that I can fit three code files side by side where I used to be able to fit two.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#47

Post by tinza123 »

omgtehlion wrote: post #43
kodfodrasz wrote: post #40

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)

Actually, it does pretty much ignore all other languages given its width. They did it as narrow as possible (with latin letters) and just shoehorned all others later. > Finally a font which thinks about other......but few take care to show it in their marketing material Almost all commercial fonts do this. Just take a look around.

They do take consideration about non-latin languages. For example, a Chinese character in this font has exactly twice of the width of an English character, which makes sense

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#48

Post by shaftway »

nsaje wrote: post #46
joatmon-snoo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glancing at it I'm not sure if I would immediately be comfortable with it - it's a much narrower glyph than the type I'm used to. I think the lower width:height ratio is part of your whitespace issue, combined with the seemingly liberal kerning.

I felt the same way at first, but I got used to it very quickly. Now I can't switch back, all the other fonts seem bloated and wasting screen real estate. In fact, it's so much more space efficient that I can fit three code files side by side where I used to be able to fit two.

I felt like that when I dropped my standard monospace font size by a couple points. Now I can fit three files side by side and see more lines at once.

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#49

Post by omgtehlion »

omgtehlion wrote: post #43
kodfodrasz wrote: post #40

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)

Actually, it does pretty much ignore all other languages given its width. They did it as narrow as possible (with latin letters) and just shoehorned all others later. > Finally a font which thinks about other......but few take care to show it in their marketing material Almost all commercial fonts do this. Just take a look around.

P.S.: using a slightly wider font (15% wider) produces much more readable result http://vkote.com/i/2017.04.01/00007d34/losevka-vs.png

Re: Iosevka – A Typeface for Code, from Code

#50

Post by joshschreuder »

obstinate wrote: post #5

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.

I'm also stuck on Ubuntu Mono. Tried a few 'coding' fonts and ones with ligatures but it's hard for me to adjust.
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