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Nice tool. What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) a
by jansan 8y ago
Nice tool.
What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) and 1 (one) look the same: http://app.programmingfonts.org/#sax http://app.programmingfonts.org/#sax
Dear font designers, if you want to create a font for programmers, please keep in mind these two basic rules:
1. A zero needs a slash, dash or a dot
2. A small L must be clearly distinguishable from a one.
Of course this is only my opinion, but it's a strong one.
- klageveen 8y agoTotally agree. A lot of these fonts are derived from old type writer fonts. I try not to include pure type writer fonts, but I'm probably not really strict here. It's a bit sad that even new monospace fonts like Noto, seemingly designed for displaying code or at least for digital purposes, don't have at least a distinct dot. Personally, if the characters on line 3 in the example code look too similar it's a no go.
- bryanrasmussen 8y agoDear font designers - don't make a zero with a slash because then it looks like a Ø to danish programmers.