The contrast is so bad I simply can't look at it. The flickering that happens when you click something is quite annoying and disorientating. It's a shame because this looks like a really nice font that's easy on the eyes.
Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface
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Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface
#72Does anyone know why it looks much better on VSC than WebStorm on Mac? Would love to love IntelliJ products but I can't stand the way they render text.
I'd imagine that IntelliJ products use whatever text renderer java has instead of the system renderer.
Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface
#73I tried it out, but quickly switched back to my favorite Hack[0]. It may be just that I'm used to it, but I find it easier to read.
Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface
#74I cannot unzip the download on a Mac…
Yeah, the zip downloaded through Safari is 217507 bytes, whereas through Brave it's 222258 bytes.
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#75I like the glyphs, but the kerning between letters bothers me. For example the gaps between i and t, y and p, or the right side of lowercase o.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
I found this on their FAQ: "There have been some problems with downloading .zip files from Safari. The download is tested to work in Chrome and FireFox."
Truly the Internet Explorer of the modern age. (Perhaps this is Safari passing the download through some more rigorous "malware checker" on macOS that Chrome/Firefox doesn't have access too?)
There is JS that combines the files into a zip before downloading. I'd imagine that it's that code whose behavior differs between browsers.
Re: Commit Mono – Neutral programming typeface
#77This looks pretty good. Here's another one to check out if you want something thinner (more terminal space). https://mplusfonts.github.io/#mpluscode
I really like it, it's fresh and friendly. it has a narrow option to have that compact spacing like iosevka which is my favorite. I can't use regular width font anymore after being use to narrow width.
Agree, if Commit Mono had a narrow width, it'd replace Iosevka for me in a heartbeat
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#78> There are better ways to design than putting a big effort into making something look special. Special is generally less useful than normal, and less rewarding in the long term. Special things demand attention for the wrong reasons, interrupting potentially good atmosphere with their awkward presence. — Jasper Morrison, Super Normal Manifesto
What a fantastic quote this site's author chose to illustrate why I might like this font!
> To use all features, visit website on desktop.
Also on this website though... :(
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#79Scrolling is completely broken on this website. There is nothing cool about implementing a silly retro navigation style, if you don't either completely disable the modern navigation, or don't fully support both. Here, we have scrollers inside scrollers inside scrollers, oh my.
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#80The 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…
It's an overly stylized affectation for a font website but everything here is mouse-accessible; I didn't use my keyboard at all. My scroll wheel works and you can click on the key buttons on the bottom and the categories on the top.
Looks like you're right. The first time you try clicking it shows a message telling you to use the keyboard to navigate and then flashes the list of keyboard controls. I didn't try clicking again after that.