I use comic sans in my IDE to keep drab programming things lighthearted. Reduces the urge of others to do paired programming.
Jokes aside Comic Mono is surprisingly nice. I thought I'd hate it but it has a fun whimsy to it
Intel One Mono Typeface
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Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#162IBM released a typeface a couple of years ago with much marketing fan fare: https://www.ibm.com/plex/ https://github.com/IBM/plex On another note, are there any notable examples of AI-generated mono-spaced programmer fonts?
I like Plex, but for some reason dislike fonts that put a dot in the middle of the zero. If the O and the 0 are so similar that you need a decoration, then it's wrong. If a decoration is absolutely necessary, then I prefer a slash. A big, meaty slash. Not one that is confined inside the zero.
FWIW, all IBM Plex fonts offer plain, dotted, and slashed zeroes via OpenType stylistic alternatives (dotted is default for Mono, plain for others).
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#163IBM released a typeface a couple of years ago with much marketing fan fare: https://www.ibm.com/plex/ https://github.com/IBM/plex On another note, are there any notable examples of AI-generated mono-spaced programmer fonts?
I like Plex, but for some reason dislike fonts that put a dot in the middle of the zero. If the O and the 0 are so similar that you need a decoration, then it's wrong. If a decoration is absolutely necessary, then I prefer a slash. A big, meaty slash. Not one that is confined inside the zero.
On a (narrow) monotype font, it's pretty hard to make the capital 'O' wide/round enough, isn't it?
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think I just found my new favorite font. I'm absolutely addicted to grotesque sans-serif, I used to use Roboto everywhere, but now I'm currently using Cantarell (GNOME's default font, a humanist typeface) as my desktop font and as an overwrite font for every single website I open, but I might just start using Plex Sans and Plex Mono now. Thank god it's OFL. I still find it fascinating that there are so many differe…
You'll love Linus Boman's take on it then [1] If you love neo-grotesques, you can't do much better than Neue Haas Grotesk or Atlas Grotesk [2]. Both are by CommercialType, both cost a pretty penny, but both are absolutely amazing. I fully agree with you about wanting beautiful and pleasing characters though. It's my gift to myself for being paperfree. If I'm going to read on screen instead of printed, I want the best…
"Atlas Typewriter, a companion monospaced family also in six weights" [1]
[1] https://commercialtype.com/news/atlas_grotesk_typewriter
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#165Man I really have a vicerally negative reaction to this font. 1) The braces are completely horrible 2) What kind of person thinks that making the fullstop massive and putting it in the middle of the line like a dot product sign is good? 3) Where even is the backtick? 4) For all their talk of legibility, lowercase l and 1 are very similar looking to my eyes.
Some other things that irk me a little with that font :
The "@" looks thinner than the other chars.
The "%" has its fraction slash cut in 2 non aligned non rectilinear parts (and not coherent with their "‰" and "‱").
(Also, the "€" looks weird to me, maybe because the horizontal lines are of the same length ? But that's probably less important in a coding context)
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes! Someone has to make the glyphs and someone has to write the rules that say "unconditionally replace this sequence of glyphs with this glyph" or "in this context, replace this glyph with that one" and so on. The only thing the editor has to do is decide to use them. They're usually grouped into features: standard ligatures (liga), discretionary ligatures (dlig), historical ligatures (hlig), contextual ligatures (…
kitty terminal has this feature! so, my vim has it by proxy
How do you configure it?
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#167Am I the only one who's a fan of what you might call the "default" monospace fonts on Apple and Google platforms? I very slightly prefer SF Mono (the Apple one) and use it on my Macs, but since it's not free I'll use Roboto Sans Mono (the Google one) in my Unix envs. I find this also helps give my brain a little visual cue as to which environment I'm working in.
Honestly, I think the default fonts (monospaced and proportional) on all major platforms are pretty good these days, though IBM Plex Mono and Sans have really grown on me, to the point where I use them as my default terminal (Mono) and text editor (Mono and Sans) on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
On Mac (my primary desktop), I use San Francisco ("system-ui") with a couple alt stylistic sets ("High legibility" and "One storey a") as the default browser font, overriding both browser defaults and most other common "default" faces (serif and sans) via an extensive collection of @font-face directives.
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#168One thing I really appreciate about fonts is the low-stakes nature of trying them out. Installing is easy, and doesn't take much space, you set your editor and try it out. There's no lock-in, switching back takes zero effort. So I'm always keen to give them a go, some stick, some don't. For what it's worth I'm in the no-ligature group. I want to see => not some ligature. But again that's subjective and there's room f…
To this day I haven't seen a monospaced font superior to Courier New. And before anyone asks: No, this isn't a meme. Yes, I'm 300% serious.
Too thin for me. I prefer regular old Courier.
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#169I like how they make a point of consulting people with different legibility needs! That's a very important point of difference! People that aren't blind, but don't have perfect eyesight often fall into a forgotten middle ground! Glasses don't cure everything! Source: Have a son with eyesight issues who complains that even with the best glasses money can buy, struggles to read information posters in his classroom and…
Why do you end each sentence with exclamations? Your past comments suggest you do this often. It's hard to read, as the reader wonders if it's a joke or sarcasm they haven't figured out, detracting from simply reading your comment.
they even list a source, having a child with vision issues.
your complaint may feel well-intentioned, but taken at face value you have told a parent that their enthusiasm over things like companies caring about groups of people that often get lost, that their child falls into, that has led to their child struggling, after all that, that their way of communicating, of expressing themselves, is so burdensome that it drove you to check into their previous comments to make sure it wasn’t a troll, and then offer your “constructive criticism.” without acknowledging anything about their comment beyond the punctuation.
was it worth it?
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#170"A panel of low-vision and legally blind developers provided feedback at each stage of design"
I used the medium style for two hours at pretty small font-size (8pt) on a light background. And i must say i kind of liked it so far. The greater line height and letter spacing looks good on smaller sizes. On greater font-sizes the letters getting to much "personality" and the font start to feel out of bounds. It is as easy to read as my preferred font but in smaller sizes. Which is appreciated. Not sure if really want to switch, though.