Hack – A typeface designed for source code • Hacker News Board

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#51

Post by yoandy » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:39 AM UTC

I do not get the feeling it is an improvement over other Fonts. Just another Font face.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#52

Post by coldtea » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:40 AM UTC

creichenbach wrote: post #23

For those feeling adventurous: Input[1] is a proportional font made for coding. It's also highly customizable. [1]: http://input.fontbureau.com

Proportional coding font? For the non discerning coder?

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#53

Post by s9w » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:41 AM UTC

ConfucianNardin wrote: post #35

Comparison page with quite a few programming fonts, Hack among them: http://s9w.github.io/font_compare/

I really need to update that thing

also, this is a later version: http://www.s9w.io/font_compare/

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#54

Post by jokoon » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:42 AM UTC

No, still cannot compete with consolas, sorry!

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#55

Post by coldtea » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:42 AM UTC

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

All sorts of problems installing this on OSX; to be fair, the process for installing fonts on OSX is horrible anyway, but there are still errors. Edit: I don't know why this got downvoted; if there's a way in which you want me to alter it to be more acceptable, please let me know.

>All sorts of problems installing this on OSX

Like what? Installed it with absolutely no problem at all in both Sierra and High Sierra (GM) -- and never had issues installing it in my older Mac OSes (or any other font -- some fonts created by amateurs --free .ttf varieties-- have broken metrics/config and you're warned about it sometimes. Other than that, absolutely zero issues).

>to be fair, the process for installing fonts on OSX is horrible anyway

It's literally double clicking on a font file and clicking "Install Font" on the preview that pops up.

How is that in any way "horrible"?

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by lucideer » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:47 AM UTC

creichenbach wrote: post #23

For those feeling adventurous: Input[1] is a proportional font made for coding. It's also highly customizable. [1]: http://input.fontbureau.com

Thank you for this!

I'm not adventurous enough for proportional fonts, but the monospaced Input looks quite nice. And I'd not heard of it before. I'll definitely give it a spin.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by Semaphor » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:49 AM UTC

jameskegel wrote: post #2

This is an infuriating experience on mobile. Show me white background and black text with your font. I'll be damned if I'm going to learn new paradigms in scrolling and waiting just to then notice I can't see anything anyway because it is a responsive 1080p screenshot of 12pt text.

It's not much better on Desktop. It just looks and feels horrible.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#58

Post by tome » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:55 AM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #50

tome wrote: post #42

Can we please stop polluting the global namespace with names like "Hack"?

Because?

Because it's a short, extremely common, word in our field. Choosing to use it will cause confusion, and it's also rather insulting to those who wanted to use it but restrained themselves for the greater good.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#59

Post by Lapsa » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 10:57 AM UTC

me... favoring Fira Code

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#60

Post by gbrown_ » Fri, Sep 15, 2017, 11:01 AM UTC

Does anyone like the way they've done the dotted zero? I've always disliked it personally. If they offered a slashed version I would definitely try it out.