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Not that it matters, but I wonder where the name came from. It sounds Japanese (although the first part is obviously inspired by 'monospace'), but 'mononoki' i
by comex 10y ago
Not that it matters, but I wonder where the name came from. It sounds Japanese (although the first part is obviously inspired by 'monospace'), but 'mononoki' isn't a Japanese word. There are many ways it could be interpreted as a combination of two words, though, or it could be a corruption of 'mononoke' (a spirit).
- clay_to_n 10y agoMaybe a plan on both "Mononoke" and "Monokai" (the other font)?
- clay_to_n 10y ago(Should be pun)
- bydo 10y agoIt could be three words: mono no ki. Mono (as 物) is generally "thing," which doesn't really work, but we can assume it's being used as simply mono (in loan form, モノ), short for "monospace," here. No (の) is a particle indicating possession, and "ki" (as 気) is "spirit" or "essence" (with different kanji it could be quite a few other things; Japanese has a lot of homophones). So I suppose we could translate the name to "the essence of monospace," if we were so inclined, and transliterate it back to Japanese as モノの気.
- madmalik 10y agoCreator here. It just sounded nice and there is no deeper meaning. But your interpretation is great and might as well adopt it :D