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Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface

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Re: Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface

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Post by tombert »

I've been using Comic Mono as my primary font for about two years now. I use it for nearly everything; it's my terminal font, and since I spend a large percentage of my time in terminal I see it all the time. It's funny how many strange looks I share my screen with people, but I find it an exceedingly pleasant font to use. I'm even using w3m to view HN, so I'm looking at Comic Mono right now.

I checked out the limited free version of Comic Code and it didn't seem like it was any better than Comic Mono, and $100 for it seemed pretty steep for the pack, particularly since I'm not a huge fan of ligatures.

Re: Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface

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Post by Perz1val »

tombert wrote: post #21

I've been using Comic Mono as my primary font for about two years now. I use it for nearly everything; it's my terminal font, and since I spend a large percentage of my time in terminal I see it all the time. It's funny how many strange looks I share my screen with people, but I find it an exceedingly pleasant font to use. I'm even using w3m to view HN, so I'm looking at Comic Mono right now. I checked out the limite…

The readability is much better compared to other fonts, apparently it's also great for people with dyslexia. Personally I'm happy to trade readability for density with Iosevka

Re: Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface

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Post by jraph »

Their 'a' is quite different from the one in Comic Sans, unlike Comic Mono which is more faithful. I would say that Comic Sans generally looks closer to Comic Sans than Comic Code. Now, is it better, that's a different question.

Comic Mono lacks accented letters, but I guess I could cope with the occasional ugly replacement. I'll try it for a while in the text editor.

I find it quite nice that the Comic Code's author mentions Comic Mono.

Re: Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface

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Post by giraffe_lady »

bamfly wrote: post #23

Mono Papyrus next? (I find no sign of such a thing existing, with a search)

I can't find it now but a few years ago there was a fontforge script going around that would papyrusify any font. It was pretty gruesome for most but always funny.

Re: Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface

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Post by mouse_ »

haswell wrote: post #7

I’ve been aware of Comic Mono [0] for a bit, and it’s weird how it grew on me. At first, repulsion at the idea. Then, “hmm, this is actually pretty nice”. Now, it’s my primary font for writing. It’s oddly…nice…and just friendly to look at. I personally prefer Comic Mono, though. - [0] https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

I also prefer Comic Mono.
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