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JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
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Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#12Great to see that they’ve attributed Nikita Prokopov, the creator of FiraCode. While not the first, he expanded the ligatures in Hack, and Hasklig fonts and Jetbrains eventually bundled Firacode in their products.
Quite a nice course of open source development over the years (I have been following the updates since ~2016).
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#13I was disappointed that despite presenting the cookie banner as if it were a terminal, the options did not accept keyboard input [Y]es, I agree [N]o, thanks Ok on topic: I'm never sure what to think of these "developer" fonts that make use of ligatures for combinations like ==, >=, ->, =>, etc. On one hand they do look really nice, but I always can't help but feel it would actually make things just a little bit harde…
It accepts keyboard input, but you have to click on the terminal first.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#14We should take a lesson from the FAQ about license. It is the simplest yet most useful one I have seen!
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May I install JetBrains Mono on my system and use it in any code editor? -> YES.
May I make and print a poster with JetBrains Mono? -> YES.
May I use JetBrains Mono in my logotype? -> YES.
May I use JetBrains Mono on my website? -> YES.
May I use JetBrains Mono in my applications? -> YES.
May I design my own font based on JetBrains Mono? -> YES. In this case, you need to indicate that it is based on JetBrains Mono.
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Font licensing is not what we developers are used to, but they have done a fine job pointing this out in simple terms.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#15We should take a lesson from the FAQ about license. It is the simplest yet most useful one I have seen! -- May I install JetBrains Mono on my system and use it in any code editor? -> YES. May I make and print a poster with JetBrains Mono? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono in my logotype? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono on my website? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono in my applications? -> YES. May I design my own fon…
That’s just a summary of the license, which is Apache 2.0, a software license.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#16It is an odd decision not to include Ukrainian in the list of supported languages, despite the fact that the font has all the necessary letters.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#17I was disappointed that despite presenting the cookie banner as if it were a terminal, the options did not accept keyboard input [Y]es, I agree [N]o, thanks Ok on topic: I'm never sure what to think of these "developer" fonts that make use of ligatures for combinations like ==, >=, ->, =>, etc. On one hand they do look really nice, but I always can't help but feel it would actually make things just a little bit harde…
With a good deal of skepticism, I switched the environment where I do about half of my work to a font with ligatures some time ago. Just to try it out for a while.
I happily forgot that I had done it as a trial, and upon reading this headline caught myself hoping that there would be ligatures.
I actually find that it provides an almost haptic feedback when going between things like =, == and ===, and I think I miss it just a little when I don't have it.
As for the font itself, I like it but slightly prefer the style of Fira Code.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same. Any font that claims to be for programming but includes ligatures gets a "no thanks" from me accompanied by a bit of sadness because they often mar otherwise nicely designed typefaces.
You really don’t have to use the ligatures, do you?
You don't; there's a checkbox to toggle them, and it defaults to 'off'.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#19nice font and oss, however I still prefer Iosevka SS04
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#20Not sure if this is good. They have increased the character height for readability, although I think this will cause more confusion and decrease readability.
Adobe's Source code pro has worked for me very well.