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Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by ninjalanternshk »

neonstatic wrote: post #34
applfanboysbgon wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wonder if someone has started selling keyboards that are "perfect for prompting" I don't know about such marketing copy, but keyboards with a "CoPilot key" are now standard, particularly on all Windows laptops, which is an even more egregious form of marketing.

The "Windows laptop special key" is a bit of a meme. Microsoft keeps changing it every few years to the new hot thing and it never catches on. It feels like "we have Command key at home".

Just imagine how much an authentic keyboard with a Clippy icon would fetch, to the right buyer that is.

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by holografix »

Classic marketing pricing strategy. Suddenly what has been seen as cheap is now given airs of luxury, exclusivity and craftsmanship.

If you are really serious about your work… and you are, aren’t you? Then $150 is nothing, it’s a reflection on how serious you are. An artist needs great tools… etc etc

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by kwanbix »

holografix wrote: post #62

Classic marketing pricing strategy. Suddenly what has been seen as cheap is now given airs of luxury, exclusivity and craftsmanship. If you are really serious about your work… and you are, aren’t you? Then $150 is nothing, it’s a reflection on how serious you are. An artist needs great tools… etc etc

There are artist in 3rd world countries that make that in a month.

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by mjmsmith »

groos wrote: post #20

I call all these new fonts monofonts, mono in the sense of monoculture. Aesthetics practically indistinguishable from each other. Give me one of the IBM Selectric fonts in a modern form and I'll be happy as a clam.

You might like Pitch: https://klim.co.nz/fonts/pitch/

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by Arubis »

efficax wrote: post #40

$149 for a font for personal computer use is kind of steep! I would pay $20 for this, but the value has to be pretty high to pay $149 when there's a huge selection of free fonts on nerdfonts.com, of which many are pretty great. Like what does this font really offer that makes it so pricey?

If you’re going to stare at it year in and year out, getting the best fit for yourself is worthwhile. I shelled out for PragmataPro ages ago and have no regrets there.

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by mistercow »

microflash wrote: post #18

Looks interesting. > The Licensee may not modify, translate, adapt, alter, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, reverse engineer, change or alter the embedding bits, the font name, legal notices contained in the font software, nor seek to discover the source code of the font data, convert into another font format, create bitmaps, add or subtract any glyphs, symbols or accents, or any other derivative works based on the e…

IANAL, but isn't most of that unenforceable in the US? Typefaces have their own weird place in IP law which is different from copyright.

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by pdpi »

neonstatic wrote: post #34
applfanboysbgon wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wonder if someone has started selling keyboards that are "perfect for prompting" I don't know about such marketing copy, but keyboards with a "CoPilot key" are now standard, particularly on all Windows laptops, which is an even more egregious form of marketing.

The "Windows laptop special key" is a bit of a meme. Microsoft keeps changing it every few years to the new hot thing and it never catches on. It feels like "we have Command key at home".

Cmd and Ctrl being separate keys is legitimately one of the things that keeps me on macOS.

Re: Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

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Post by bayindirh »

efficax wrote: post #40

$149 for a font for personal computer use is kind of steep! I would pay $20 for this, but the value has to be pretty high to pay $149 when there's a huge selection of free fonts on nerdfonts.com, of which many are pretty great. Like what does this font really offer that makes it so pricey?

I have bought Berkeley Mono back in the day, and I use it everywhere, everyday. One of the best purchases I did ever.

Free fonts are nice, but some paid options are polished to a different level.

See: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono

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