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Gotta say, wasn't that interested when I clicked the link thinking "yet another programming font". I must have 30 or so installed and yet still end up using Co
by mdip 10y ago
Gotta say, wasn't that interested when I clicked the link thinking "yet another programming font". I must have 30 or so installed and yet still end up using Consolas (mostly because it's the default in my IDE and I've had to reinstall a few times this last year).
I will say, though, that I have always hated the traditional "a" used in fonts, preferring the more simplified one that's typically used in handwriting, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was one of the very few that use my preferred style. Yes, it can be ambiguous with the "o" character (though this has never been a problem in practice with the font configured even at the small sizes I use) but I find it more ascetically pleasing for whatever reason.
- ux 10y agoThis "a" is the main reason I use "Clean" here (distributed in clR6x12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz by xorg) Unfortunately, that's a bitmap font, so not always appropriate depending on your monitor.
- mjs 10y agoIn most fonts the italic "a" is as you describe. (Like a truncated "d".)
- mdip 10y agoI should have specified the fonts I was referring to were monospace fonts, specifically, which out of the 12 I've got installed on my machine I've got only one is the "truncated 'd'" style, unfortunately. If you are aware of others, please post links, I'd love to have a few more.
- msutherl 10y agoI think you meant "aesthetically pleasing", but I'm looking forward now to using the phrase "ascetically pleasing" in earnest :)
- mdip 10y agoYou are correct ... I misspelled it, right-clicked it and let spell checker replace it without looking at the result. Oops!