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Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by brightffw »

I very much welcome the new wave of mono fonts being developed recently. As a visually impaired person who has issues differentiating fonts on different backgrounds, the variety of fonts is very important as it allows me to find the optimal font for the environment and color contrast. Mono variety used to be limited but I can see a renaissance now!

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Post by lmilcin »

minimaxir wrote: post #3

At a risk of sounding like a font snob, what's the difference between this and Roboto?

At a risk of sounding unfriendly, the best way I know is to look at them side by side.

They are different fonts.

A lot of good looking mono fonts look very similar and there is a reason for that. As designers fine tune features for better legibility (main concern with terminal typeface) fonts converge to look roughly the same. But they still have different feel when you get a lot of text on a screen.

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Post by alangibson »

I rarely get excited by fonts, but I'm loving this one. I only recently realized how long machine readable fonts have been around while working on a reproduction of the Apollo 11 flight plan. I love how this one has some of their flavor while still being easy on the eyes.
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