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Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

#71
Finally a good programming font. There's always a catch, 0 vs O, l vs. | vs I, ( too similar to [ (looking at you B612), but this, this one seems to cover all the bases. Sad about the pricing. For the developed world it's Ok, but spending >25% of a minimum wage on a font is too much for me.

A good alternative to me is Spline Sans Mono. I don't like its curved "l", though.

Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

#72
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$75 license. I assume they want people to be wow'ed by the unrealistic zoom shots, and pay money before realizing that it's little different from JetBrains Mono or Roboto Mono in a real-world editor or terminal.

Downvote me for your life here, I don’t care. This sort of comment is why I have a love/hate relationship with HN. Love, because yesterday I learned some amazing stuff that I told my partner about in bed. Hate, because of the assumptions that so many people are so quick to jump to. You know nothing about this guy’s motivations. (His name’s Neil. I’ve spoken to him. He seems like a really solid dude. He probably has t…

Very much agree. What's wrong with computer people that they won't spend money on tools?! Especially since they are made by people in their own industry. Machinists (aka metalworkers) wouldn't sneer at other machinists and refuse to purchase their tools because someone else in their own industry dared to charge someone money for it.

But the very same people will happily work for an advertising company under the guise of being a programmer and take a wage and bonus. Right on.

Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

#73
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I'm a huge fan of this typeface. Initially, I was skeptic about paying, but I spent hours every single day on the screen, and after using the trial for a few days, I was sold. It's extremely good designed, the numbers are crisp, and everything is well-balanced and thought out. It's worth every single cent.

That's the logic that nudged me to buy it. I have a nice chair. I have a nice keyboard. I have a nice mouse. I have nice monitors. All of those cost more than the one-time license for something I stare at for hours a day. I've spent all that money to make my body comfortable. Why not do the same for my eyes?

A year later, I still love the way code looks on my screen. I feel like it's one of the better investments I've made.

Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

#74
post #54

No Cyrillic languages. It shows only few ligatures for JavaScript. And with this in mind it costs $75 when there are plenty free alternatives. Who's the target audience here?

I found it very odd listing a bunch of languages and not providing support for Cyrillic family...

It even lists Serbian.

Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

#76

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Fair criticism about samples, launching new update and it'll have better samples. Also, you're welcome to download the trial—best way to see how it looks in your specific setup. I don't agree with your take on flourishes (in better terms, artistry). Every typeface has it. The process of designing a typeface is full of subjectivity and artistry.

Oh if you're here: Any plans on covering APL/Miscellaneous Technical?

Woahhh, I've never played around with APL before. Such an interesting language: https://tryapl.org/

I think most of the glyphs are straightforward, the ones that would take time are the greek symbols. Unable to commit at this time, we're already behind with Berkeley v2 release by 6 months! :-(

Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Downvote me for your life here, I don’t care. This sort of comment is why I have a love/hate relationship with HN. Love, because yesterday I learned some amazing stuff that I told my partner about in bed. Hate, because of the assumptions that so many people are so quick to jump to. You know nothing about this guy’s motivations. (His name’s Neil. I’ve spoken to him. He seems like a really solid dude. He probably has t…

Very much agree. What's wrong with computer people that they won't spend money on tools?! Especially since they are made by people in their own industry. Machinists (aka metalworkers) wouldn't sneer at other machinists and refuse to purchase their tools because someone else in their own industry dared to charge someone money for it. But the very same people will happily work for an advertising company under the guise…

I agree with you on the general principle. That said, software is kind of an odd duck in that huge amounts of valuable code are just given away for free to whomever wants it. How much would you pay for a shell? A better ls command? A mailserver? All of those require considerable effort to create, and yet people have made wonderful implementations of each of those and said here ya go, have it, enjoy!

I can understand the skepticism against a paid font. There are some pretty grand ones available for free to anyone who'd like to use them. In this case, it was worth the premium to me to pay anyway. I don't think someone's automatically a cheapskate for thinking I'm nuts to buy a license.

Re: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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post #7

super annoying web design from a graphic design company to show a typeface that purports its goal is to "get out of the way" so you can be productive, why not show some calm examples of text as in a terminal at a normal typesize? I had to zoom out to 60% just to tame it, and yet there was still blinking all over the place and nothing that approximated anything other than a phone screen. does something about this type…

Fair criticism about samples, launching new update and it'll have better samples. Also, you're welcome to download the trial—best way to see how it looks in your specific setup. I don't agree with your take on flourishes (in better terms, artistry). Every typeface has it. The process of designing a typeface is full of subjectivity and artistry.

Neil,

Berkeley Mono is plain gorgeous. I bought it after five minutes of looking at the trial. Everything made so much sense when I saw the inspirations you listed - Eurostile, OCR-B and DIN 1451 all have a special place in my heart.

But what's more, your site in its entirety is a work of art, in form and function. So many details, from the one-click newsletter signup when logged in to the plain-English license intros. It makes me want to build a site for myself again, something I haven't done in over a decade.

To my own surprise I've even signed up for the newsletter, something I haven't done anywhere for even longer.

Needlessly to say, I am a fan.

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