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Intel One Mono Typeface

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Re: Intel One Mono Typeface

#11
Very glad to see more “low x height” monospace fonts (x height is the height of lowercase letters relative to capital letters; I haven’t checked to be sure but my eyes tell me this is on the lower side). Source Code Pro has been my go-to for a very long time, and it has always bothered me that Apple opted for higher x-heights in their San Francisco re-design of Helvetica (which already has a high x height to begin with).

It’s interesting that they had high-powered readability consultation and a lot of real-world tests with visually impaired developers and still ended up with low x heights. I had heard higher x heights were preferred for readability.

Re: Intel One Mono Typeface

#16
Looks very readable, but for me personally, ligatures for things like ->, =>, = and those weird JavaScriptisms like == vs === has really become table stakes for me.

Didn't care about that at all until about 2020, but can't imagine using a coding font without those features today.

Re: Intel One Mono Typeface

#19
post #16

Looks very readable, but for me personally, ligatures for things like ->, =>, = and those weird JavaScriptisms like == vs === has really become table stakes for me. Didn't care about that at all until about 2020, but can't imagine using a coding font without those features today.

I’m super basic regarding fonts and just look for I l 1. If you don’t absolutely nail those in fixed width then get lost.

Edit: I just noticed they doubled those up at the end. Nice touch

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