In search of the perfect writing font
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Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#2As someone who has often spent hours readjusting fonts on their documents/apps to achieve the correct feel, it's somewhat comforting to know that there are people out there who take this obsession to whole new level!
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#3As someone who has often spent hours readjusting fonts on their documents/apps to achieve the correct feel, it's somewhat comforting to know that there are people out there who take this obsession to whole new level!
I don't think its about obsession. Most fonts I tried I could not read or write code. I settled to amazing Adobe Source Code Pro Semi-light, but time to time Notepad++ resets it to default which immediately bothers my eyes. Adobe came with wonderful font, and its free!
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#4This view seems to have fallen to the wayside, but I vehemently prefer rasterized / bitmapped fonts. Every type of font smoothing looks blurry to me and causes eye strain. Of course, very few modern fonts look good without smoothing - only a few of the old standbys (Arial, etc...) have usable bitmapped versions.
While Linux handles this fine, Windows requires replacing Segoe UI at the registry level in order to fully change over.
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#5This view seems to have fallen to the wayside, but I vehemently prefer rasterized / bitmapped fonts. Every type of font smoothing looks blurry to me and causes eye strain. Of course, very few modern fonts look good without smoothing - only a few of the old standbys (Arial, etc...) have usable bitmapped versions. While Linux handles this fine, Windows requires replacing Segoe UI at the registry level in order to fully…
What are your favorite fonts?
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#6This view seems to have fallen to the wayside, but I vehemently prefer rasterized / bitmapped fonts. Every type of font smoothing looks blurry to me and causes eye strain. Of course, very few modern fonts look good without smoothing - only a few of the old standbys (Arial, etc...) have usable bitmapped versions. While Linux handles this fine, Windows requires replacing Segoe UI at the registry level in order to fully…
What are your favorite fonts?
Honestly? I always go back to the core MS fonts (Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman, etc...). I even use the Fixedsys typeface when coding. They're usable, familiar, and most importantly, look good at small sizes.
The downside is that an unusual renderings (e.g. Font size 17), they don't look great, but it's a small price to pay.
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#7As someone who has often spent hours readjusting fonts on their documents/apps to achieve the correct feel, it's somewhat comforting to know that there are people out there who take this obsession to whole new level!
I don't think its about obsession. Most fonts I tried I could not read or write code. I settled to amazing Adobe Source Code Pro Semi-light, but time to time Notepad++ resets it to default which immediately bothers my eyes. Adobe came with wonderful font, and its free!
I just checked it out on github - that is indeed a nice font for development.
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#8With a 50% width space option, the duospace approach might be usable for “pedantic” code indentation (that is indentation beyond just nesting, but also vertically aligning elements other than the start)
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#9I used to tell myself I couldn't code or write without the perfect font. I'd spend hours looking for it, and end up not getting any work done. When I finally did get around to actually working, five minutes in and I'd forget about the font completely.
I have a (rather lazy) friend who's been asking me to help him start a blog for years now. I've promised to after he produces his first block of content, and he keeps saying he can't write if he doesn't feel the design is aesthetically pleasing. If he'd spent his time writing instead of worrying about this, he'd have a crappy initial draft, several revised drafts, and probably something decent by now. But no, that prohibitively unattractive font!
It was nice of iA to write this up, and design posts are a fun read, but does anyone who's busy actually writing care about this?
Re: In search of the perfect writing font
#10This view seems to have fallen to the wayside, but I vehemently prefer rasterized / bitmapped fonts. Every type of font smoothing looks blurry to me and causes eye strain. Of course, very few modern fonts look good without smoothing - only a few of the old standbys (Arial, etc...) have usable bitmapped versions. While Linux handles this fine, Windows requires replacing Segoe UI at the registry level in order to fully…
What are your favorite fonts?
Personally, I use Terminus in my text editor and terminal. Bitmap fonts just look much crisper and cleaner to me.