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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 marcosdumay »

samrift wrote: post #57
crazygringo wrote: post #20

> a font for programmers, by a programmer > Every glyph was carefully planned and calculated, according to defined principles and rules. For this reason, Hermit is coherent and regular. I hate to say this, but a font by a programmer makes as much sense as a database library by a font designer. Good font design is not about calculations or following principled rules; it's about what looks good to the eye, and it takes…

"a bridge for pedestrians, by a pedestrian". While I applaud his effort, this is why wonderful movies aren't musically scored by the director or writer - they may know what they want, but that doesn't give them the ability to create it. Like medicine "created by a school teacher".

When all the musicians only want to do musics that won't fit a movie, yes, a director should go on and score his own movie.

If designers want so much that programmers get their fonts from them, they should try to create something that's suitable for programming. That does not seem to be happening now.

And, yes, I quite liked it. If I hear about it again when the author releases it (why didn't he already?), I'll probably try it.

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

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Post by ebzlo »

crazygringo wrote: post #41
alipang wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, that's a boring attitude. I think it's great this guy is interested in typography and crafting his own fonts, and that the results are quite nice, professional or not, with the right principles or not. Just don't get why it's on the front page before release though. I guess for comments, but add a place where I can sign up to be notified when it's done or something...

Sorry if I come across as too negative -- I definitely 100% support people trying out new things. [Edit: I think the rest of this comment was too negative, and the guy submitting it doesn't seem to be the author of the font, which I didn't realize, so was perhaps not really applicable. Never mind!]

It's negative, but I can definitely appreciate the honesty. Those who don't like it can ignore it, but I'm happy to see comments like this peppered about rather than a series of congratulatory messages and "obligatory" pats on the back.

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

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Post by delinka »

I applaud this effort. It's always good to step out of your area of expertise and try something else. It's how lots of people got started programming. (e.g. "I was a loan officer and was tired of calculating amortization schedules on my HP calculator...") It's even better that he's documenting the experience.

Too bad he's doing it publicly because the first comment I see on HN is insulting criticism. Geez, people, you can't even download the font yet to see if it even works for you! And he's said it's not done yet. Cut the guy some slack.

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

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Post by ameen »

tekacs wrote: post #78
alipang wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, that's a boring attitude. I think it's great this guy is interested in typography and crafting his own fonts, and that the results are quite nice, professional or not, with the right principles or not. Just don't get why it's on the front page before release though. I guess for comments, but add a place where I can sign up to be notified when it's done or something...

It's on the homepage because it reached the top of /r/programming on Reddit about 24h ago? :P

Role reversal considering how it used to be just a few months ago.

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

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Post by sigkill »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #2

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...

Am I the only one who likes OCR A Extended?

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

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Post by criley2 »

ameen wrote: post #95
tekacs wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's on the homepage because it reached the top of /r/programming on Reddit about 24h ago? :P

Role reversal considering how it used to be just a few months ago.

A weird role reversal. Many of the tech communities on Reddit are garbage.

Then again, my first question upon seeing this on HN was "how on earth is this relevant/interesting? It's not even finished!" so discovering that the source for the submission was a tech subreddit is unsurprising.

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