Curious how font ownership works, especially with pixel fonts. If I make my own font from scratch, and it matches per-pixel an already-created font, is it mine or theirs?
Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
11–20 of 89 posts
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#12Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.
They look great in screenshots, but in my experience they aren’t any more readable.
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#13Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.
Ligatures are amazing, I don't understand why anyone would like ascii "compound versions" of a set of symbols when there are thousands if not many hundreds of thousands of great symbols that were used in older typographic settings that are available for usage.
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#14Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.
I love ligatures, for what it's worth. I find them nicer to look at than the separate char versions, and I've not found them to be distracting or confusing.
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#15Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.
They look great in screenshots, but in my experience they aren’t any more readable.
I personally prefer them and find them easier to read, but have been using them for the past 2-3 years.
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#16Curious how font ownership works, especially with pixel fonts. If I make my own font from scratch, and it matches per-pixel an already-created font, is it mine or theirs?
[deleted]
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#17I'm currently playing Nethack with this font [1], OMG it's just so cool, it makes the game looks good even without using curses mode.
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#18Curious how font ownership works, especially with pixel fonts. If I make my own font from scratch, and it matches per-pixel an already-created font, is it mine or theirs?
This seems like a fairly comprehensive answer: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fonts-faq/part2/
"First, the short answer in the USA: Typefaces are not copyrightable; bitmapped fonts are not copyrightable, but scalable fonts are copyrightable. Authorities for these conclusions follow."
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#19Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.
I tend to dislike these sorts of ligatures because they obscure the underlying text that was typed. I would much prefer programming languages supported characters like "≠" or "≡" as aliases for operators.
Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft
#20Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.
I tend to dislike these sorts of ligatures because they obscure the underlying text that was typed. I would much prefer programming languages supported characters like "≠" or "≡" as aliases for operators.
Yeah, I’d rather these characters be implemented in-editor by replacing != with ≠