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Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by alvarosevilla95 »

hollander wrote: post #7

What are Powerline glyphs?

I'm not sure about the origin, but I believe they are some glyphs originally introduced for vim's powerline (https://github.com/powerline/powerline you can see some pics there with the glyphs in use) that allow for cool looking status bars etc on the terminal.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by devdad »

crispyambulance wrote: post #17
narrowtux wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not even readable on a 15" laptop screen.

Well, the "specimen" link has it... https://source-foundry.github.io/Hack/font-specimen.html But that screenshot on the splash page is utterly unviewable, especially inappropriate given that their subtitle is "Hack is hand groomed and optically balanced to be your go-to code face." For a minute I thought I must be getting really old, but then it became clear it's just shrunk down. Nobody uses fonts that small, right?…

Right.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by zichy »

kowdermeister wrote: post #13

I'm glad they built this: http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/playground.html (click side-by-side to compare) I think I'll switch to Fira Mono, Hack line height seems to be to condensed.

They are missing Input (Mono): http://input.fontbureau.com/preview

I started using it after discovering the customizer.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by drewsberry »

This was posted to HN a couple of years ago. Has it changed since then? The discussion back then was fairly comprehensive, and most of the comments in here will likely replay the same questions (ligatures, comparison to other fonts like DejaVu sans, I vs i, etc.).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10140728

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by notzorbo3 »

Freak_NL wrote: post #6

If you are used to DejaVu Sans Mono (or its ancestor Bitstream Vera Sans Mono), you might like Hack as well — it modifies DejaVu Sans Mono to make it even more suitable for source code and introduces a number of nicely aligned glyphs (geometric shapes, etc.) for use in terminals and status lines. Great for both terminal emulators and code editors alike.

That explains why the font looked so familiar. I've been using DejaVu Sans Mono since forever and it's great.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by kowdermeister »

zichy wrote: post #24
kowdermeister wrote: post #13

I'm glad they built this: http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/playground.html (click side-by-side to compare) I think I'll switch to Fira Mono, Hack line height seems to be to condensed.

They are missing Input (Mono): http://input.fontbureau.com/preview I started using it after discovering the customizer.

What an awesome idea, thanks for this!
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