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Victor Mono Typeface

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Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#11

been using for longer now and I still love it the most. Might try Ghost from Vercel, or GHs latest font to compare, but every other mono font didn't come close to the italics and general style

If you like denser fonts like Victor, I would also recommend checking out Iosevka. It's similar, but to me it feels a bit nicer.

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#12

Does anyone know where the use of cursive-style characters in monospace fonts originated from? (My guess would be that it came from something like Operator Mono from Hoefler & Co.) I've always found the cursive to be a little jarring, since the cursive characters usually look so different from the normal ones, and switching between cursive and normal styles makes it slower for me to visually parse a section of code.…

First place I saw it was Operator Mono. I think we place a bit too much weight on how much font matter, but then again, I couldn't find one I liked, so I made my own, so who knows.

> I think we place a bit too much weight on how much font matter

Are you expecting us to believe you when you had to create your own font?

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#13

Does anyone know where the use of cursive-style characters in monospace fonts originated from? (My guess would be that it came from something like Operator Mono from Hoefler & Co.) I've always found the cursive to be a little jarring, since the cursive characters usually look so different from the normal ones, and switching between cursive and normal styles makes it slower for me to visually parse a section of code.…

IBM had a cursive font for typewriters

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#15
post #6

Sorry but that script 'true' doesn't belong in a programming font--monospace only.

Monospace/proportional is orthogonal to roman/italic; that italic 'true' is still monospace. They do have an oblique variant instead of italic, though.

Yes, I meant it's a 'monospace (font) only' and not a programming font.

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#20

This looks nice and clean, I like it. I'll give it a shot and do the Pepsi challenge against my current favorite, JetBrains Mono [0]. I also like the play on Hamburgevons [1] for the examples--one of them is OldButSanePotus . 0: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburgevons

You can compare using their tool if you scroll down that page. I also use Jetbrains Mono. A cursory comparison seems like Jetbrains is clearer. Look at $, but also other characters.
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