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In what sense is the latter font "cursive"?

by amake 6y ago

gilnaa 6y ago
I think he refers to the ligatures
saagarjha 6y ago
I’ve seen actual cursive code fonts (just one, I think. Maybe someone knows which one I’m talking about) and this isn’t it. I’m assuming the stylized terminal/descender (particularly on the “t” and “f”) are probably what are causing it to be described this way. Edit: I’m blind and didn’t see the comment on the bottom :/ This is the cursive font I’m talking about.
- oefrha 6y ago
  That’s <s>Operator</s> Dank Mono Italic.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    It’s great to finally know what that font is. (And avoid it personally, to be honest…)
    - oefrha 6y ago
      Actually upon closer inspection it seems to be a font that’s very close to Operator Mono Italic but not exactly it... So don’t take my word for it, I guess. Edit: Okay, it's Dank Mono. Should have checked the font options on the website.
pgorczak 6y ago
Some of the letters in the comment do look like cursive
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oefrha 6y ago
I don't think it's very controversial to call Operator Mono Italic a cursive font. Edit: In case it wasn't clear, only the font used for the comment is cursive.
- amake 6y ago
  Ah, thanks, I had missed the comment entirely, so I mistakenly thought you were taking about the distinctive "f" in the code font.
- Someone 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive: “style of penmanship in which some characters_are_written_joined_together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_letters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_letters: “a sans-serif. (or "gothic") style of writing Latin script in which the letters_are_individual_glyphs, with no joining” Here, the s and the l look like they are cut out of some cursive text, but even they clearly are individual glyphs. The other letters in this example to me clearly are block letters. Examples of truly cursive fonts are Lucida Handwriting and Zapfino. Having said that, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_script) describes italic as semi-cursive, and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script has a few other ‘cursives’, some of which don’t connect letters.
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  > I don't think it's very controversial to call Operator Mono Italic a cursive font. What do you think cursive means? It means joined up writing. All the letters in this entire screenshot are separate - not joined up.

In what sense is the latter font "cursive"?

by amake 6y ago

In what sense is the latter font "cursive"?

gilnaa 6y ago

I think he refers to the ligatures

saagarjha 6y ago

I’ve seen actual cursive code fonts (just one, I think. Maybe someone knows which one I’m talking about) and this isn’t it. I’m assuming the stylized terminal/descender (particularly on the “t” and “f”) are probably what are causing it to be described this way. Edit: I’m blind and didn’t see the comment on the bottom :/ This is the cursive font I’m talking about.

oefrha 6y ago
That’s <s>Operator</s> Dank Mono Italic.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  It’s great to finally know what that font is. (And avoid it personally, to be honest…)
  - oefrha 6y ago
    Actually upon closer inspection it seems to be a font that’s very close to Operator Mono Italic but not exactly it... So don’t take my word for it, I guess. Edit: Okay, it's Dank Mono. Should have checked the font options on the website.

pgorczak 6y ago

Some of the letters in the comment do look like cursive

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oefrha 6y ago

I don't think it's very controversial to call Operator Mono Italic a cursive font. Edit: In case it wasn't clear, only the font used for the comment is cursive.

amake 6y ago
Ah, thanks, I had missed the comment entirely, so I mistakenly thought you were taking about the distinctive "f" in the code font.
Someone 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive: “style of penmanship in which some characters_are_written_joined_together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_letters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_letters: “a sans-serif. (or "gothic") style of writing Latin script in which the letters_are_individual_glyphs, with no joining” Here, the s and the l look like they are cut out of some cursive text, but even they clearly are individual glyphs. The other letters in this example to me clearly are block letters. Examples of truly cursive fonts are Lucida Handwriting and Zapfino. Having said that, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_script) describes italic as semi-cursive, and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script has a few other ‘cursives’, some of which don’t connect letters.
chrisseaton 6y ago
> I don't think it's very controversial to call Operator Mono Italic a cursive font. What do you think cursive means? It means joined up writing. All the letters in this entire screenshot are separate - not joined up.