All the other letters are nothing out of the ordinary, but the { } look really odd.
Those caught my eye and I think I like them.
Intel One Mono Typeface
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Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#32Looks very readable, but for me personally, ligatures for things like ->, =>, = and those weird JavaScriptisms like == vs === has really become table stakes for me. Didn't care about that at all until about 2020, but can't imagine using a coding font without those features today.
Do you really need font support for that, though? I've found editor support for it much cleaner -- it knows when it's best to expand then and when they should be ligatured.
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#33All the other letters are nothing out of the ordinary, but the { } look really odd.
That’s about the only thing I find immediately appealing. I wish more mono fonts made the various brackets this strikingly different. They don’t need to look good necessarily, just distinct.
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#34With their lake naming convention, they totally missed calling the typeface "Mono Lake" or maybe more appropriately Lake Mono, if there were other fonts to the typeface.
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#35I don't understand how a hardware company who just reported its largest quarterly loss in history with revenue down 36% year-over-year [1] is working on fonts. Or maybe this explains that. [1] https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1615/...
Companies compromise of multiple people. Different people can work on different projects. The design team may wish to improve the company image by releasing a font named after them that people may like, improving their public relations.
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#36Very glad to see more “low x height” monospace fonts (x height is the height of lowercase letters relative to capital letters; I haven’t checked to be sure but my eyes tell me this is on the lower side). Source Code Pro has been my go-to for a very long time, and it has always bothered me that Apple opted for higher x-heights in their San Francisco re-design of Helvetica (which already has a high x height to begin wi…
High x heights were considered more legible for low-resolution displays (though I'm not sure if the evidence was there or if it was just something that sounded sensible) but have not been considered good with high resolution ever I think.
Think something like Verdana (invented for low-res computer displays) vs Garamond (staple for a long time and not just because it looks pretty.)
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#37Looks very readable, but for me personally, ligatures for things like ->, =>, = and those weird JavaScriptisms like == vs === has really become table stakes for me. Didn't care about that at all until about 2020, but can't imagine using a coding font without those features today.
I’m super basic regarding fonts and just look for I l 1. If you don’t absolutely nail those in fixed width then get lost. Edit: I just noticed they doubled those up at the end. Nice touch
Yeah, nice touch. It shows they care.
To the parent, not snark, but the font is open source. You can add those ligatures!
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#38I don't love the aggressive curly braces. Does anyone else? I feel like the whole typeface here is consistently bland, and then there's the angry curly braces that pop out of nowhere.
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#39Why do hardware companies release fonts? It’s not snark, I am legitimately curious. Is it marketing, branding, something else?
One factor is that licensing fonts can be extremely expensive. So, make one: pay a higher upfront cost, create something unique to represent your brand, and never pay another cent.
But there are already tons of great fonts available under open licenses.
Re: Intel One Mono Typeface
#40Looks very readable, but for me personally, ligatures for things like ->, =>, = and those weird JavaScriptisms like == vs === has really become table stakes for me. Didn't care about that at all until about 2020, but can't imagine using a coding font without those features today.
That’s a divisive issue. I can’t stand ligatures, personally. When I’m coding I want one text character to be one screen character.