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Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by roda73 »

danpalmer wrote: post #9

The typeface looks nice, but I first opened the site on mobile and it told me to use keys to navigate, effectively locking me out from browsing it. I then opened it on desktop, tried to scroll and realised that it uses WASD keys which are all over my keyboard. The scroll wheel on my mouse/trackpad/etc don't work. As a user of a non-QWERTY layout this sucks. Then I tried to use the text zoom and while it documents thi…

It's not very nice for mobile views but I do like seeing something new every once in a while.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by tommica »

agos wrote: post #7
andreicek wrote: post #5

Love the font, don't care for the website -- it was very hard to navigate.

agreed - the contrast is so low that I double checked if my content blocker was removing some cookie modal while leaving an opaque gray backdrop. Then I focused on a different window and then an opaque gray backdrop appeared, for reasons I can't imagine, with a message saying "Click to focus page". Not the best introduction for such an everyday tool

I also had to check if my adblocker was blocking something extra - this site is definitely a unique experience when it comes to using and navigating it.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by pavlov »

lifthrasiir wrote: post #3

> The most effective font is the one you don’t notice. No super high x-height, no geometric construction, no eye-catching design and no confusing ligatures. Designed to be neutral and anonymous, Commit Mono is quietly useful. Thank you for this memorandum, and especially for "no confusing ligatures".

It’s true, some monospace fonts have absurd ligatures enabled by default.

The craziest thing I’ve seen was a single-width “fi” ligature. The only point of this ligature in proportional fonts is to prevent the dot on the ‘i’ from overlapping with the hook of the ‘f’, and that by definition can’t happen in monospace! But you madmen decided to create a single “fi” glyph, like it was a letter of its own. Imagine that on a typewriter.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by dvtkrlbs »

danpalmer wrote: post #9

The typeface looks nice, but I first opened the site on mobile and it told me to use keys to navigate, effectively locking me out from browsing it. I then opened it on desktop, tried to scroll and realised that it uses WASD keys which are all over my keyboard. The scroll wheel on my mouse/trackpad/etc don't work. As a user of a non-QWERTY layout this sucks. Then I tried to use the text zoom and while it documents thi…

The top seciton names are clickable on mobile

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by a1o »

karmakaze wrote: post #17

[To author] There's a typo on the "04 Intelligent" page: "effecient". Actual program listings would make for better examples. Btw, I use a non-Qwerty layout so WASD is nonsense to me.

Hey, do the non-QWERTY have some other default that makes sense to offer as an option to WASD or is it better to have the alternative be it's configurable?

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by drcongo »

danpalmer wrote: post #9

The typeface looks nice, but I first opened the site on mobile and it told me to use keys to navigate, effectively locking me out from browsing it. I then opened it on desktop, tried to scroll and realised that it uses WASD keys which are all over my keyboard. The scroll wheel on my mouse/trackpad/etc don't work. As a user of a non-QWERTY layout this sucks. Then I tried to use the text zoom and while it documents thi…

I gave up. What a terrible website.
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