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Introducing Operator: H&Co.'s first monospace typeface

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Re: Introducing Operator: H&Co.'s first monospace typeface

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Wish it were possible to give it a try. They specifically point out usage in a text editor, but not too many developers are going to spend $199 without trying it in their editor first.

Also, for that cost I'd love to see it include Fira Code-like ligatures.

Re: Introducing Operator: H&Co.'s first monospace typeface

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To me it looks like a candidate for Comic Sans of monospace fonts. Absolutely awful.

The first feeling I got was "Papyrus Code". I see potential, and it's certainly better than anything I could do. I like H&Co's fonts but I'm not really feeling this.

Right now, my terminal/code font of choice is Triplicate (http://practicaltypography.com/triplicate.html).

Re: Introducing Operator: H&Co.'s first monospace typeface

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To me it looks like a candidate for Comic Sans of monospace fonts. Absolutely awful.

"Absolutely awful" is stronger language than I would use, but yeah, I'm not feeling it. The 'a', 'c', parentheses, and especially the 's' remind me of lettering you'd see at a cheesy Greek restaurant. I didn't hate the cursive as much as the other replies here though, I think it could be a real benefit if your editor was configured correctly.