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Intel One Mono Typeface

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Re: Intel One Mono Typeface

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Post by Turing_Machine »

silisili wrote: post #2

I actually really like it, but that lower case k and l just look really out of place for some reason.

A small curve on the bottom right arm of the k and the top of the l (rather than the straight line) would help a lot, I think.

The {} look visually jarring to me. I don't know that I'd want to look at those all day long.

Re: Intel One Mono Typeface

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Post by derefr »

The proportions of this font seem really surprising to me — I don’t know why, but monospace letterforms are rarely so “square”. It really puts me in mind of old 5x5 and 5x7 bitmap fonts, where the resolution constraint meant that you had no choice but to “squash” your ascenders and descenders, moving your baseline toward the middle of the glyph for glyphs with sticky-outy bits.

Re: Intel One Mono Typeface

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Post by silisili »

Turing_Machine wrote: post #7
silisili wrote: post #2

I actually really like it, but that lower case k and l just look really out of place for some reason.

A small curve on the bottom right arm of the k and the top of the l (rather than the straight line) would help a lot, I think. The {} look visually jarring to me. I don't know that I'd want to look at those all day long.

Ouch, I didn't even notice those at first. Those are visibly jarring, and don't seem in line with the rest of the 'look.'
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