JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers

Post by npongratz » Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 3:07 PM UTC

java-man wrote: post #58

crazygringo wrote: post #38

I 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…

The use of ligatures seems counter-productive to me. In the code, I do not want to see any editor shenanigans apart from syntax highlighting.

Post by Seenso » Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

Lendal wrote: post #56

crazygringo wrote: post #38

I 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…

A lot of the details they spent so much effort on didn't make any sense to me as to why that particular design detail would be important. I don't care about vertical alignment of letter shape details. If I need lowercase letters to look bigger, I almost always also need uppercase bigger too, so I'll just increase the font size +1 pt. I use three different fonts in terminals, editors and IDEs. So I'm sure this font wi…

Post by Philipp_n » Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 3:13 PM UTC

jfengel wrote: post #48

Is there a reason why the stroke narrows where a curve joins a line (the loops of the p and g, the top of the n and the bottom of the a, etc)? The Consolas font uses a consistent stroke weight; the Fira and Source Code Pro thin the line a bit but much less. It's so narrow I feel like it might render strangely at sufficiently low resolutions; it risks breaking the connection. Presumably there's a readability reason, b…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 3:16 PM UTC

dtertman wrote: post #60

ncmncm wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did it used to be? You could have taken the opportunity to switch to Inconsolata.

I picked "Monospaced" - I couldn't find any clear documentation of what it was, and that looked OK.

Post by bitwize » Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 3:17 PM UTC