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Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by jamesaguilar »

It's hard for me to imagine ever finding anything better than Ubuntu Mono, but for those who haven't found a love of their font-life, now might be a helpful time to relink to the one slant article I ever saw: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming...

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by donut2d »

Looks interesting. Really wish I could download it now. I definitely want to see it when it's done, but how will know when that is? If I had even a beta version to play with I'm much more likely to remember to check for updates later.

That said, I'm really happy to see more programming fonts! I love Inconsolata[1] and used to use it for everything. However, recently I've been using Source Code Pro[2] and can't break myself away from it.

[1]: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcecodepro.adobe/

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by the_french »

I this is a really font, and I appreciate the clear set of rules and guides that help establish the coherence of the font. However, I dislike the overall appearance and I think I'll be sticking the the default Sublime font (Menlo) which I have no trouble reading and is more aesthetically pleasing.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by astrodust »

the_french wrote: post #5

I this is a really font, and I appreciate the clear set of rules and guides that help establish the coherence of the font. However, I dislike the overall appearance and I think I'll be sticking the the default Sublime font (Menlo) which I have no trouble reading and is more aesthetically pleasing.

Lack of a bold weight is also making this non-viable.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by RamiK »

Very nice looking glyphs.

Notes:

* I think "sadipscing" shows a minor kerning issue after the "i"s in the 14pt example image. Or is it the monospace's odd number of pixels issue?

* Similarly the "k"s.

* Maybe you should substitute the python example with a C one with curly brackets and semicolons...

Anyhow, a very good looking font.

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