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Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by adlpz » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 1:55 PM UTC

rifty wrote: post #33

snitty wrote: post #24

I cannot unzip the download on a Mac…

Had the same issue with built in Archive Utility but I got it to unzip with the app The Unarchiver. The regular font files work but it does say this about all of the Italic font files: >Could not extract "CommitMono-450-Italic.otf" from the "CommitMono.zip" archive: The archive file is incomplete

Same situation, I unzipped it with the built-in `unzip`, but the italics are corrupted.

I think the ZIP file is just broken.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by cantSpellSober » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 1:56 PM UTC

> Customize Commit Mono to your liking before you download

Great feature! I wish this would be more common. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by cantSpellSober » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 1:58 PM UTC

holliplex wrote: post #13

Is this supposed to be so dim in light mode? It looks like it's covered in an invisible modal's backdrop.

I had a difficult time reading this page, the low contrast reduces legibility. Surprising for a site focused on fine details of type and design.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by vaughan » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:09 PM UTC

> The slashed '0' is easy to tell apart from 'O' at small sizes

Funnily enough, viewing 27" at 140ppi from 1 meter, my brain mistook the slashed '0' for a 6 or 8 when looking at the headings.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by azubinski » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:12 PM UTC

The font and site both are very nice (nostalgic navigation made me smile). Thanks!

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by rodrigodlu » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:18 PM UTC

Nice! I love testing new fonts.

Using wezterm and alacritty (fedora 38) they look wildly different from JetBrains Mono - specially the width/ line height, but on the website they look similar in width/line height.

Anyone knows why? Any tips? Ty!

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by TheCleric » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:29 PM UTC

The horrible contrast ratio on that site doesn't bode well for the accessibility of the typeface.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by kroltan » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:34 PM UTC

cantSpellSober wrote: post #40

fwlr wrote: post #25

‘Smart kerning’ is brilliant, and the fact this looks like a more normal Source Code Pro is winning me over as well.

Is there a term for "smart kerning" this that digital typographers use? Is it a feature of OpenType? Is it similar to/controlled be the font-kerning property in CSS?

> Smart kerning works by looking at single letter between two other letters. If the other letters are in different width classes, the middle letter will slide closer to the narrow letter.

From this paragraph it sounds like they're using ligatures, which are rules of "when this character sequence appears, use this glyph instead."

But A) I'm no OTF expert, and B) I haven't dissected the font files.

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by ZeroGravitas » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:35 PM UTC

specialist wrote: post #38

velcrovan wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a counterpoint, I would refer you to type designer Matthew Butterick’s essay “Drowning the Crystal Goblet” : https://practicaltypography.com/drowning-the-crystal-goblet....

> Let’s just pour concrete into the crystal goblet and toss it overboard, along with the banal idea of invisibility. Love it. And I totally disagree. Invisibility is akin to the food fight about intuitive user interfaces. (Right?) I've talked myself blue in the face about that one. As an advocate for "intuitive", I still have no idea what that means. Like all of us, I just know it when I see it. (Ha!) Passionate, wel…

I liked this old take on intuitiveness, which focuses on which user(s) something is intuitive to and why:

https://articles.uie.com/design_intuitive/

Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface

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Post by foobarbecue » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 2:37 PM UTC

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…

Also, section navigation by number works with the number row keys but not the num pad. I would have expected all number keys to work the same since it doesn't specify otherwise.