JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by jcassee » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 8:37 AM UTC

JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers
jetbrains.com

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by zwirbl » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 9:47 AM UTC

previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22053998

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by ksec » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:43 AM UTC

zwirbl wrote: post #2

previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22053998

Interesting this URL doesn't have lp and was what caused the duplication detection to fail.

I wonder why does lp stands for?

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by zwirbl » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:47 AM UTC

ksec wrote: post #3

zwirbl wrote: post #2

previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22053998

Interesting this URL doesn't have lp and was what caused the duplication detection to fail. I wonder why does lp stands for?

I was following the discussion yesterday, but was wondering the same with the link, although it redirects to the one with /lp/

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by seemslegit » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:49 AM UTC

The ligatures for != -> etc. are a terrible idea, imagine someone reading a programming language tutorial or a snippet and then actually trying to type stuff rather than copy-pasting.

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by modernerd » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:50 AM UTC

ksec wrote: post #3

zwirbl wrote: post #2

previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22053998

Interesting this URL doesn't have lp and was what caused the duplication detection to fail. I wonder why does lp stands for?

Landing Page?

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by kostja93 » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:51 AM UTC

ksec wrote: post #3

zwirbl wrote: post #2

previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22053998

Interesting this URL doesn't have lp and was what caused the duplication detection to fail. I wonder why does lp stands for?

lp stands probably for LandingPage, a online marketing term for a website which the user is seeing first

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by polyterative » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 10:58 AM UTC

seemslegit wrote: post #5

The ligatures for != -> etc. are a terrible idea, imagine someone reading a programming language tutorial or a snippet and then actually trying to type stuff rather than copy-pasting.

I love em. Even when editing

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by seemslegit » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:00 AM UTC

polyterative wrote: post #8

seemslegit wrote: post #5

The ligatures for != -> etc. are a terrible idea, imagine someone reading a programming language tutorial or a snippet and then actually trying to type stuff rather than copy-pasting.

I love em. Even when editing

I'm sure they're very rewarding for the author/editor - but the cost is externalized onto unversed readers, this is generally considered bad practice in other areas of programming.

Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

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Post by nxpnsv » Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:01 AM UTC

seemslegit wrote: post #5

The ligatures for != -> etc. are a terrible idea, imagine someone reading a programming language tutorial or a snippet and then actually trying to type stuff rather than copy-pasting.

This is like saying you shouldn’t render latex. I like my ligature font, it makes nicer to read code for me, not terrible at all. Your programming font is a personal choice, i guess when publishing a tutorial you need to consider which font is appropriate, but that doesn’t make anything terrible.