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Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Post by Daneel_ »

huhtenberg wrote: post #8
AJRF wrote: post #4

I paid for this font. I can't believe it, but I just kept coming back to the webpage every week thinking "Aww dang its nice, but no way would I ever pay $75 for a font for personal use". But I kept coming back. Again and again, just looking through their page. I tried the trial. I eventually caved. A weird moment for me, but I bloody love this font and I frequently notice how nice it is in all my IDEs. I sound like a…

The website is fantastic. Font looks great and samples are an eye candy, so tried it just now. Windows, 1920 x 1200 @ 96 dpi, Visual Studio, light-on-dark theme. I like 'em small to fit more on the screen and at 8px this font looks janky. It is blurry with uneven thickness and requires an eye strain to read. It doesn't seem to be hinted at all even though it is a TTF version. Here's Berkley Mono on the left and Mensc…

I have the same issue. Things look blurry at any font size below 12pt, which affects pretty much all of my use cases since I live in the terminal, sized at 10pt. This is especially bad with the bold version of the font.

I really like the look of the font, but the hinting needs to be fixed before I'd purchase it. It's currently unusable for me.

Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Post by KronisLV »

AJRF wrote: post #4

I paid for this font. I can't believe it, but I just kept coming back to the webpage every week thinking "Aww dang its nice, but no way would I ever pay $75 for a font for personal use". But I kept coming back. Again and again, just looking through their page. I tried the trial. I eventually caved. A weird moment for me, but I bloody love this font and I frequently notice how nice it is in all my IDEs. I sound like a…

Personally, I've stuck with free fonts most of the time. For programming, currently I tend to use:

Liberation Mono: from the very same package of fonts that are included in LibreOffice, I find it to be surprisingly readable and easy on the eyes for most kinds of code or monospaced text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts

PT Mono: while initially I really liked PT Sans and PT Serif separately (they're currently the fonts for my homepage/blog), their monospaced offering is also quite nice; albeit when there's some light colored text (e.g. comments) at the smaller font sizes, the full stop character can become a bit harder to see. Here's more information about them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT_Fonts

Here's a quick comparison, comparing the two fonts against Consolas and JetBrains Mono (with some Java code, taken from a throwaway project): https://imgur.com/a/mr9afqT

Personally, out of all of them Liberation Mono feels like the most readable, whereas PT Mono just appeals to me stylistically on some level. However, paid fonts, like the linked one are also great - whatever feels more pleasant to stare at for a large number of hours per day!

Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

#13

Post by swah »

nice_byte wrote: post #6

this looks sick, I might actually give in and swap the IBM VGA bitmap font I use everywhere for this...

I could never make that VGA font look good on MacOS... on Windows fonts like 6x13 looked fine. In the meantime I also changed from FHD to 4K-but-scaled display so...

Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Post by helmholtz »

huhtenberg wrote: post #8
AJRF wrote: post #4

I paid for this font. I can't believe it, but I just kept coming back to the webpage every week thinking "Aww dang its nice, but no way would I ever pay $75 for a font for personal use". But I kept coming back. Again and again, just looking through their page. I tried the trial. I eventually caved. A weird moment for me, but I bloody love this font and I frequently notice how nice it is in all my IDEs. I sound like a…

The website is fantastic. Font looks great and samples are an eye candy, so tried it just now. Windows, 1920 x 1200 @ 96 dpi, Visual Studio, light-on-dark theme. I like 'em small to fit more on the screen and at 8px this font looks janky. It is blurry with uneven thickness and requires an eye strain to read. It doesn't seem to be hinted at all even though it is a TTF version. Here's Berkley Mono on the left and Mensc…

1920x1200? 96 DPI?! Both those fonts look like absolute garbage, and how could they not? Only, in my opinion, Berkeley Mono actually looks more passable of the two. Something about the one on the right makes it look ethereal. Like it's behind the display. But don't let that detract from the fact that looking at code at 96 dpi is absolute garbage. Perhaps you're broke, in which case I retract my stupid comment. But if not: https://tonsky.me/blog/monitors/

Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Post by muhammadusman »

AJRF wrote: post #4

I paid for this font. I can't believe it, but I just kept coming back to the webpage every week thinking "Aww dang its nice, but no way would I ever pay $75 for a font for personal use". But I kept coming back. Again and again, just looking through their page. I tried the trial. I eventually caved. A weird moment for me, but I bloody love this font and I frequently notice how nice it is in all my IDEs. I sound like a…

I also paid for it, my first font I paid for just for aesthetics and personal enjoyment. I don't regret it. I use it anywhere and everywhere I can!

Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Post by nice_byte »

swah wrote: post #13
nice_byte wrote: post #6

this looks sick, I might actually give in and swap the IBM VGA bitmap font I use everywhere for this...

I could never make that VGA font look good on MacOS... on Windows fonts like 6x13 looked fine. In the meantime I also changed from FHD to 4K-but-scaled display so...

yeah i temporarily have to use a 4k monitor and am realizing that eventually I'm going to have to give that font up. with 100% scaling it looks good but is way too small.

Re: Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release

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Post by nerdponx »

AJRF wrote: post #4

I paid for this font. I can't believe it, but I just kept coming back to the webpage every week thinking "Aww dang its nice, but no way would I ever pay $75 for a font for personal use". But I kept coming back. Again and again, just looking through their page. I tried the trial. I eventually caved. A weird moment for me, but I bloody love this font and I frequently notice how nice it is in all my IDEs. I sound like a…

$75 seems worth it for a lifetime of personal use/enjoyment.
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