Victor Mono Typeface

#1

Post by jbverschoor » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 1:53 PM UTC

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#2

Post by kurtextrem » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:23 PM UTC

been using for longer now and I still love it the most. Might try Ghost from Vercel, or GHs latest font to compare, but every other mono font didn't come close to the italics and general style

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#3

Post by saikatsg » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:31 PM UTC

kurtextrem wrote: post #2

been using for longer now and I still love it the most. Might try Ghost from Vercel, or GHs latest font to compare, but every other mono font didn't come close to the italics and general style

Ghost -> Geist

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#4

Post by karmakaze » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

Sorry but that script 'true' doesn't belong in a programming font--monospace only.

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#5

Post by mizudashi » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

Does anyone know where the use of cursive-style characters in monospace fonts originated from? (My guess would be that it came from something like Operator Mono from Hoefler & Co.)

I've always found the cursive to be a little jarring, since the cursive characters usually look so different from the normal ones, and switching between cursive and normal styles makes it slower for me to visually parse a section of code. I always thought that was an odd choice given that many folks seem to highly value legibility and immediate character recognition when they pick a monospace font.

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#6

Post by eropple » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:47 PM UTC

karmakaze wrote: post #4

Sorry but that script 'true' doesn't belong in a programming font--monospace only.

Monospace/proportional is orthogonal to roman/italic; that italic 'true' is still monospace. They do have an oblique variant instead of italic, though.

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#7

Post by jihadjihad » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:49 PM UTC

This looks nice and clean, I like it. I'll give it a shot and do the Pepsi challenge against my current favorite, JetBrains Mono [0].

I also like the play on Hamburgevons [1] for the examples--one of them is OldButSanePotus.

0: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburgevons

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#8

Post by naikrovek » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:50 PM UTC

mizudashi wrote: post #5

Does anyone know where the use of cursive-style characters in monospace fonts originated from? (My guess would be that it came from something like Operator Mono from Hoefler & Co.) I've always found the cursive to be a little jarring, since the cursive characters usually look so different from the normal ones, and switching between cursive and normal styles makes it slower for me to visually parse a section of code.…

First place I saw it was Operator Mono.

I think we place a bit too much weight on how much font matter, but then again, I couldn't find one I liked, so I made my own, so who knows.

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#9

Post by JKCalhoun » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:53 PM UTC

jihadjihad wrote: post #7

This looks nice and clean, I like it. I'll give it a shot and do the Pepsi challenge against my current favorite, JetBrains Mono [0]. I also like the play on Hamburgevons [1] for the examples--one of them is OldButSanePotus . 0: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburgevons

Ha ha, I have so many mono fonts now. I guess it comes from spending as much time on HN...

Re: Victor Mono Typeface

#10

Post by jbverschoor » Sun, Nov 19, 2023, 2:58 PM UTC

I personally removed the Italics, so that the Oblique style is used for comments (had to alter some preferences for that). The italics are hard to read when the size is small. But I'm loving the font face. Super clear.