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Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by crazygringo »

alipang wrote: post #36
crazygringo wrote: post #20

> a font for programmers, by a programmer > Every glyph was carefully planned and calculated, according to defined principles and rules. For this reason, Hermit is coherent and regular. I hate to say this, but a font by a programmer makes as much sense as a database library by a font designer. Good font design is not about calculations or following principled rules; it's about what looks good to the eye, and it takes…

Wow, that's a boring attitude. I think it's great this guy is interested in typography and crafting his own fonts, and that the results are quite nice, professional or not, with the right principles or not. Just don't get why it's on the front page before release though. I guess for comments, but add a place where I can sign up to be notified when it's done or something...

Sorry if I come across as too negative -- I definitely 100% support people trying out new things.

[Edit: I think the rest of this comment was too negative, and the guy submitting it doesn't seem to be the author of the font, which I didn't realize, so was perhaps not really applicable. Never mind!]

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by D9u »

I think that there should have been example usage of the new font within the web page rather than a link to an image...

That said, I like the font, so am also dismayed that there is no download available.

Which formats are going to be released?

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by icecreampain »

There's no download link. That means the font doesn't exist. And what grinds my gears even more: by submitting NOTHING the submitter has earned by hate and the maker of the font, no matter how nice the font may or may not be, will ensure that I will never mention the font to anyone. And if anyone dares name the font they will be getting an earful in return.

Submitting garbage (non-existent garbage) like that is like promising to do something... later. And never delivering.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by kamjam »

crazygringo wrote: post #41
alipang wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, that's a boring attitude. I think it's great this guy is interested in typography and crafting his own fonts, and that the results are quite nice, professional or not, with the right principles or not. Just don't get why it's on the front page before release though. I guess for comments, but add a place where I can sign up to be notified when it's done or something...

Sorry if I come across as too negative -- I definitely 100% support people trying out new things. [Edit: I think the rest of this comment was too negative, and the guy submitting it doesn't seem to be the author of the font, which I didn't realize, so was perhaps not really applicable. Never mind!]

While I agree with your original comments, not sure I agree with this. It's the #2 story on HN because HN readers upvoted it that way, no "fault" of this guy. And being on HN, I think it is the perfect forum for feedback, the guy even states criticism is welcome, it's as much a learning process for him too.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by nly »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #2

It's hard for me to imagine ever finding anything better than Ubuntu Mono, but for those who haven't found a love of their font-life, now might be a helpful time to relink to the one slant article I ever saw: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming...

Quite often use Monaco myself, it has a very similar look to Ubuntu Mono but less seems less 'rigid'

Anonymous Pro is another excellent choice, very crisp.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by bluedino »

Pxtl wrote: post #29

In 8 point font it reminds me a lot of the fonts you'd see in old low-res (320x200) videogames. I didn't look in close, but the corners even looked darkened like you'd see in those sorts of fonts.

It's very 'square', it just doesn't look right to me. Not sure if if it's the spacing or if it's just too 'wide'.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by D9u »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #2

It's hard for me to imagine ever finding anything better than Ubuntu Mono, but for those who haven't found a love of their font-life, now might be a helpful time to relink to the one slant article I ever saw: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming...

I've been using gohufont for most of this year, and it looks better on my system than it does on that website.

Re: Hermit: a font for programmers, by a programmer

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Post by hobb0001 »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #2

It's hard for me to imagine ever finding anything better than Ubuntu Mono, but for those who haven't found a love of their font-life, now might be a helpful time to relink to the one slant article I ever saw: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming...

I'm not sure I'd care to code with this: http://i.imgur.com/Pu4FHi4.png

I like to code with about a 9 point font, in order to maximize the amount of code per screen without going too far into the illegible. At that size, the proportions of even a single pixel are large enough to make any anti-aliasing annoying. You lose the sharp contrast that every good font needs to have along its edges.

Bitmap fonts are my favorites.

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