Well, instead of complaining here about 1 and l, I just filed a ticket on their GH repo and it already got resolved... https://github.com/internet-development/www-server-mono/issu...
Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
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Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given the emphasis on being unambigious, it is interesting that the capital-eye (I) and lower case-ell (l) are the identical glyph in DP Sans Mono.
They are significantly different!
Here is what their own "Font Sample" page [1] shows me:
This is magnified 2x (to show the similarity). Both the sample alphabet and the "character differences" shows uppercase-eye and lowercase-ell as the identical glyph, for DPSansMono.
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Number One, Pipe Character, lower case L, upper case I, zero and O, Parentheses and Brackets, are so common pain points on coding and terminal fonts. Those should be painfully distinct.
The first thing I look at on ANY font is the capital "i." No crossbars? No dice. This one has those and a distinguishable zero vs. O, so far so good. Whoops; someone pointed out that 1 and l are indistinguishable. That's a major failing.
I kinda feel like the difference between the 1 and l is still reasonably obvious, the top serif is significantly different. But it could be improved by removing the bottom left serif from the l.
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#94Well, instead of complaining here about 1 and l, I just filed a ticket on their GH repo and it already got resolved... https://github.com/internet-development/www-server-mono/issu...
I just saw it was updated. Great news!
> Added missing symbols + - =
> Changed the top of 1 to distinguish from letters.
https://github.com/internet-development/www-server-mono/rele...
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
They are significantly different!
Here is what their own "Font Sample" page [1] shows me: https://0x0.st/XWE_.png This is magnified 2x (to show the similarity). Both the sample alphabet and the "character differences" shows uppercase-eye and lowercase-ell as the identical glyph, for DPSansMono. [1] https://www.pgdp.net/c/faq/font_sample.php
Something is wrong with your browser. Here is what the font sample page actually looks like: https://pikwy.com/web/66ba462a0f6f4a66106b0a6a
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#96Just a comment from behind the former Iron Curtain, I am really happy that you included letters with diacritics.
When it comes to ÁĚÝŘŠ etc., the Iron Curtain still sometimes rears its head from the screen, even in 2024.
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
The line spacing on the site reminds me of 8-bit computers with 8x8 pixel character cells. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpeedScript#/media/File:Speeds...
How do people keep linking to an anchor that doesn't exist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Speedscript_3.2_for_Commo...
It does exist, it just doesn't get linked in the page. Click on the media item, your URL bar has changed.
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do people keep linking to an anchor that doesn't exist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Speedscript_3.2_for_Commo...
It does exist, it just doesn't get linked in the page. Click on the media item, your URL bar has changed.
I did and I got my link to the File: page. The page source has no element with an id of that value.
Re: Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs
#99Well, instead of complaining here about 1 and l, I just filed a ticket on their GH repo and it already got resolved... https://github.com/internet-development/www-server-mono/issu...
I just saw it was updated. Great news! > Added missing symbols + - = > Changed the top of 1 to distinguish from letters. https://github.com/internet-development/www-server-mono/rele...
I liked the 1=l because I thought it was intentional. This quick “fix” unsettles me.