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Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

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Post by vdaea »

Daneel_ wrote: post #28
vdaea wrote: post #23

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While I understand the reaction, it’s not exactly constructive and a bit below the standard here. The font/tooling is fully open source, so feel free to remove the ligature table and recompile it yourself. I personally find the TODO and NOTE ligatures to be a great idea, however I know you’re talking about the common programming ligatures instead.

I could also create my own fonts with or without ligatures. We are (or at least I am) judging a font by its design. Which is, well, the most important part of it. Are we allowed to do that?

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

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Post by t_mann »

Judging from the one screenshot example, I actually like Monocraft better. It really has that nice Minecraft/retro look, and I think this could actually help get kids who are into Minecraft into coding. That being said, I actually still like Miracode better than most typical IDE monospace fonts (at least as a novelty). That's really cool, where did you learn to make such designs?

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

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Post by jasonjmcghee »

vdaea wrote: post #31
Daneel_ wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I understand the reaction, it’s not exactly constructive and a bit below the standard here. The font/tooling is fully open source, so feel free to remove the ligature table and recompile it yourself. I personally find the TODO and NOTE ligatures to be a great idea, however I know you’re talking about the common programming ligatures instead.

I could also create my own fonts with or without ligatures. We are (or at least I am) judging a font by its design. Which is, well, the most important part of it. Are we allowed to do that?

> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work.

How you said it is specifically against HN guidelines which I bet is why you are getting downvoted.

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

#34

Post by IdreesInc »

RheingoldRiver wrote: post #24

This is the first time I've seen TODO as a ligature, and I am really into the idea. Is this something you can add to existing fonts? Does anyone have any recommendation for a good programming font that does this?

Glad you like it, I've never seen it in a font before so I am unsure if there are any others that add it in. I've definitely appreciated the ligature as I use the font, but I did wonder if others would find it annoying

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

#35

Post by vdaea »

jasonjmcghee wrote: post #33
vdaea wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I could also create my own fonts with or without ligatures. We are (or at least I am) judging a font by its design. Which is, well, the most important part of it. Are we allowed to do that?

> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. How you said it is specifically against HN guidelines which I bet is why you are getting downvoted.

What would a profound dismissal of ligatures in fonts look like? Maybe I should ask ChatGPT to write some three-paragraph bullshit that says the same thing that "word + emoticon".

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

#36

Post by eropple »

vdaea wrote: post #35
jasonjmcghee wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. How you said it is specifically against HN guidelines which I bet is why you are getting downvoted.

What would a profound dismissal of ligatures in fonts look like? Maybe I should ask ChatGPT to write some three-paragraph bullshit that says the same thing that "word + emoticon".

You don't have to be "profound" to make a substantial comment. But as it is, you're being really unpleasant about something that ultimately doesn't matter enough to merit it.

(And I don't even like ligatures in programming fonts, I don't use them!)

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

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Post by ijhuygft776 »

RheingoldRiver wrote: post #24

This is the first time I've seen TODO as a ligature, and I am really into the idea. Is this something you can add to existing fonts? Does anyone have any recommendation for a good programming font that does this?

must be blind but I don't see it in the image of all characters

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

#38

Post by paulirish »

ijhuygft776 wrote: post #37
RheingoldRiver wrote: post #24

This is the first time I've seen TODO as a ligature, and I am really into the idea. Is this something you can add to existing fonts? Does anyone have any recommendation for a good programming font that does this?

must be blind but I don't see it in the image of all characters

The ligatures appear to be excluded from the image of all glyphs. But below it is an image of all ligatures. ;)

Re: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable

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Post by lifthrasiir »

IdreesInc wrote: post #34
RheingoldRiver wrote: post #24

This is the first time I've seen TODO as a ligature, and I am really into the idea. Is this something you can add to existing fonts? Does anyone have any recommendation for a good programming font that does this?

Glad you like it, I've never seen it in a font before so I am unsure if there are any others that add it in. I've definitely appreciated the ligature as I use the font, but I did wonder if others would find it annoying

I do think it's a better use of ligatures, and I generally dislike most ligatures in coding fonts [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32746064 (and I only realized that I made this comment on the thread about your older font, oh...)

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