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Re: Programming fonts

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Post by tomswartz07 »

This is very useful!

I've been a big fan of Droid Sans Mono for the longest time, and my biggest complaint was the lack of 'crossed' zeroes.

Roboto does have the crossed zeroes, but it seems a bit less crisp than Droid Sans to me.

Re: Programming fonts

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Post by s9w »

grigio wrote: post #3

Nice! I'd like to change the default string to see how it renders in different fonts

You mean change it dynamically on the site? I wouldn't know how that would be possible. That would rely on browser rendering which is probably quite tricky to get it to look exactly like in editors. Not even mentioning the hassle with all the fonts and settings

Re: Programming fonts

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Post by s9w »

pbnjay wrote: post #4

Looks pretty neat! - Can you render the fonts at higher DPI? It doesn't look good on a retina screen at all. Ex: http://i.imgur.com/HiclAPI.png

Well screenshots are just screenshots and are dpi-indepandant. But the compare mode has a 2X zoom button for this. Not enough? I could use bigger font sizes, but that's not without trouble

Re: Programming fonts

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Post by theophrastus »

Very useful! - but i'd humbly ask why any programming font set with a non-struck zero would be associated with a green indicator, (e.g. Droid Sans Mono, Luxi Mono). Perhaps the associated green/red don't mean what i think they might?
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