It is an odd decision not to include Ukrainian in the list of supported languages, despite the fact that the font has all the necessary letters.
The list a bit outdated. Will upload correct one soon.
JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
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Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#62Thanks, I hate it. My most recent update of IntelliJ turned this font on by default and I had to spend an hour trying to figure out what the font used to be. Mono looked squished to me - the intentional favoring of length over width made the whole editor look like I had an aspect ratio problem on my monitor. I appreciate trying to push the envelope and improve ergonomics, but I wish this would have been opt-in for up…
> My most recent update of IntelliJ turned this font on by default and I had to spend an hour trying to figure out what the font used to be. For anyone who wants that info: it's Menlo on on my rather old Mac OS IntelliJ installation. Pretty sure that's the default, since if I'd made any changes I'd have switched it to Courier.
Thank you for this! Could not find it in a search anywhere.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#63We should take a lesson from the FAQ about license. It is the simplest yet most useful one I have seen! -- May I install JetBrains Mono on my system and use it in any code editor? -> YES. May I make and print a poster with JetBrains Mono? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono in my logotype? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono on my website? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono in my applications? -> YES. May I design my own fon…
Yet it doesn't answer the question "May I resell JetBrains Mono?"
I guess it's more clear from the Apache 2.0 summary: "JetBrains Mono typeface is available under the Apache 2.0 license and can be used free of charge, for both commercial and non-commercial purposes."
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#64I like it, this might finally be the font that gets me to drop Fira Code. It's missing Powerline symbols, though, which is a strange omission for a developer font in 2020.
This. Makes it hard for me to use it for VIM as my terminal needs Powerline.
It's otherwise a very nice font.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#65I always applaud efforts at new typefaces, but unfortunately I feel this is a badly designed typeface that is worse for legibility, not better. Addressing their three main points in turn: > 1. Increased height for a better reading experience A high x-height is good for coding fonts, but this x-height is now too high. To my eye, this is now at the point where lowercase letters are getting harder to distinguish from up…
I misread 'a's as 'o's in the example provided. Probably result of all three points combined...
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#66Can I have only the ligatures that balance whitespace and skip the symbol merging?
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#67I've never understood the obsession and bikeshedding over fonts. I can appreciate that there are people who spend a huge amount of time agonizing over the details and tradeoffs making these things, but... Arial, Times New Roman and Consolas are more than good enough for my purposes.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#68We should take a lesson from the FAQ about license. It is the simplest yet most useful one I have seen! -- May I install JetBrains Mono on my system and use it in any code editor? -> YES. May I make and print a poster with JetBrains Mono? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono in my logotype? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono on my website? -> YES. May I use JetBrains Mono in my applications? -> YES. May I design my own fon…
IANAL - I am pretty certain you can do most of those things with all fonts regardless of license. Copyrights on fonts is almost non-existent. The only thing copyrightable is the actual "code" used in the font. (maybe delivering their files on a website is an issue?)
This is based on research I did years ago when dealing with a copyright legal case where I worked. The summation is that you can't copyright the alphabet, so fonts aren't copyrightable.
The only one I completely disagree with is the last one though. Requiring attribution for something not copyrightable is kinda silly.
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#69I was disappointed that despite presenting the cookie banner as if it were a terminal, the options did not accept keyboard input [Y]es, I agree [N]o, thanks Ok on topic: I'm never sure what to think of these "developer" fonts that make use of ligatures for combinations like ==, >=, ->, =>, etc. On one hand they do look really nice, but I always can't help but feel it would actually make things just a little bit harde…
I've just installed this font and tested it with VS Code, and I must say that it is a very nice font. Code is clear and easy to read (C/C++ development). I think I'll keep it for a while. Regarding ligatures, I agree. I could live with the pointer arrow ligature, that's fine and looks nice, but not with the crossed '=' (that is "!=") or the symbol for >=. Call it ageing, but for the moment it stops my code reading fl…
I must be getting old ligatures:false all the way at this point...
Re: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
#70Uppercase 'G' looks very odd to me. Lowercase 'u' looks liek a 'v' at a quick glance. The height of the crossbar in the uppercase 'A' is too high. The numeric characters look big and out of place.
Disclaimer: my current font of choice is Camingo Code - https://www.janfromm.de/typefaces/camingomono/camingocode/