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The site seems to create a huge amount of load on my computer. As soon as I open the page, usage across all 4 of my cpu cores seems to shoot up from 1-10% all the way to 70-100%. I'm running Firefox 69 on arch linux.
Personally, I feel like a traditionalist (full !==, no italics, etc). But... find these experiments with programming fonts refreshing. Also, I remember times (not long ago!), when having a highlighted font in Sublime Text was considered inferior to the "traditional way" of monochrome in Vim or Emacs.
Times change (I wanted to put here a "Times New Roman" pun).
I am sad to hear that much negativity here on HN. I mean, sure - it's about aesthetics and some people may have strong feelings about that (not, it's not "objective"!). At the same time - it is a free font, which you can use if you like it. It is not a new standard you have to follow. It this case I would understand the outrage. Personally, I feel like a traditionalist (full !==, no italics, etc). But... find these e…
[1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220671.1929.10...
[2] https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/08/31/why-cursive-har...
I am sad to hear that much negativity here on HN. I mean, sure - it's about aesthetics and some people may have strong feelings about that (not, it's not "objective"!). At the same time - it is a free font, which you can use if you like it. It is not a new standard you have to follow. It this case I would understand the outrage. Personally, I feel like a traditionalist (full !==, no italics, etc). But... find these e…
I feel you're throwing some shade my way (which is fine), but I just want to re-iterate that cursive is indeed objectively more difficult to read. This has been quantified since (at least) 1929[1]. But there are more recent sources[2] as well. [1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220671.1929.10... [2] https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/08/31/why-cursive-har...
However, the context may be different. I.e. it is different to talk about reading a whole paragraph in cursive and to have a single word in cursive (here it adds, well, emphasis).
Compare: I bet that reading an intensely colored paragraph harder (personally, I hate reading long blocks of texts in color). At the same time, many people (myself included) use code highlighting.
I have been using Pragmata Pro ( https://www.fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ ) for over a year and it has been fantastic. I'm using it in PyCharm for the UI and Text Editor and in VSCode.
I am sad to hear that much negativity here on HN. I mean, sure - it's about aesthetics and some people may have strong feelings about that (not, it's not "objective"!). At the same time - it is a free font, which you can use if you like it. It is not a new standard you have to follow. It this case I would understand the outrage. Personally, I feel like a traditionalist (full !==, no italics, etc). But... find these e…
I feel you're throwing some shade my way (which is fine), but I just want to re-iterate that cursive is indeed objectively more difficult to read. This has been quantified since (at least) 1929[1]. But there are more recent sources[2] as well. [1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220671.1929.10... [2] https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/08/31/why-cursive-har...
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I feel you're throwing some shade my way (which is fine), but I just want to re-iterate that cursive is indeed objectively more difficult to read. This has been quantified since (at least) 1929[1]. But there are more recent sources[2] as well. [1] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220671.1929.10... [2] https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/08/31/why-cursive-har...
I will use the "just try it out" method no matter how intensely you believe that studies performed on fonts during the pre-ww2 era relate to modern programming.
Usually, there is a lot of variances, so even if on average something is worse, for some individuals it is better.
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I haven’t made a single ad hominem here. The opinions I expressed were directed exclusively at the topic being discussed.
Ad hominem, no. Disparaging the interest, yes. It’s possible to explore a topic without the disparagement but you keep reverting to the “waste of time” theme, which doesn’t indicate an interest in learning or persuasion.