FiraCode: Monospaced font with programming ligatures

#1

Post by clippit » Fri, May 22, 2015, 5:43 AM UTC

FiraCode: Monospaced font with programming ligatures
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Re: FiraCode: Monospaced font with programming ligatures

#2

Post by mightykan » Fri, May 22, 2015, 7:05 AM UTC

Some of the “glyphs” (is that the correct term?), like the arrows (->, =>) look nice but some of the other ones (!=, !==) look too similar and would require a double take to be perceived correctly.

It’s an interesting idea and I like the use of the “hidden” features of the True/Open Type System, but I think some of the symbols need a bit more help. Very cool though!

Re: FiraCode: Monospaced font with programming ligatures

#3

Post by planckscnst » Sat, May 23, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

I like this! I'd love to see it done for other fonts like Source Code Pro, Consolas, Inconsolata, etc. The only possible problem I see is the == ligature; I think it only invites more mistakes of missing assignment vs comparison.

Re: FiraCode: Monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by tonsky » Thu, May 28, 2015, 11:06 AM UTC

mightykan wrote: post #2

Some of the “glyphs” (is that the correct term?), like the arrows (->, =>) look nice but some of the other ones (!=, !==) look too similar and would require a double take to be perceived correctly. It’s an interesting idea and I like the use of the “hidden” features of the True/Open Type System, but I think some of the symbols need a bit more help. Very cool though!

Check out v. 0.5, I’ve made changes to === and !== so they are easily distinguishable from == and !=