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I've been working on a new typeface[1][2] for code - Berkeley Mono. I've taken some inspiration from Jet Brains Mono, SF Mono, Bit Stream Vera, Andale Mono, OCR

I've been working on a new typeface[1][2] for code - Berkeley Mono. I've taken some inspiration from Jet Brains Mono, SF Mono, Bit Stream Vera, Andale Mono, OCR-B, Univers, Eurostile and Monogramma from the 50's, and weird things like the German License Plate slashed 0. Anyone interested in beta testing? neil@berkeleygraphics.com. [1] https://neil.computer/notes/introducing-berkeley-mono/ https://neil.computer/notes/introducing-berkeley-mono/ [2] https://neil.computer/notes/berkeley-mono-december-update/ https://neil.computer/notes/berkeley-mono-december-update/

ghishadow 5y ago
looks great
fgblanch 5y ago
Neil, congrats your site! It looks great, very cool design and content. The Berkeley font also looks very nice. I'll beta test.
tannhaeuser 5y ago
Matter of taste, but I like and recommend single-storey a in the regular not just the italic type face as variant. Or preferably even as default/only variant as I don't find switching double-storey to single-storey, or other drastical change of basic shapes for that matter convincing for a coding font.
- neilpanchal 5y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Double-storey ‘a’ does make things busy. I’ll see what I can do with optional single storey ‘a’ as a stylistic set. The problem with stylistic sets is no one uses them and they’re not well supported in programming tools. I’ve got automated font file generation script in Glyphs app that generates all variants as separate fonts, so users can download whatever they want. I’ll try to create a single storey ‘a’ as an option, definitely for italics which are still under development.
radicaldreamer 5y ago
Great work, looking forward to trying it out when it's ready
qbasic_forever 5y ago
Very cool! I want to try this with cool-retro-term and vim. :)
dorian-graph 5y ago
Looks neat so far! Do you plan on supporting ligatures?
- neilpanchal 5y ago
  Unlikely. Explicitness and the binding between the code you see with the eyes and the keys on the keyboard shouldn’t be violated IMHO. Ligatures add ambiguity (“what’s this symbol? Which keys were pressed to create it?”), great for manuscripts and literature but not so great for code I personally think.
epilys 5y ago
Personally I love it and your aesthetics, kudos. Is it going to be for sale or openly licensed?
- neilpanchal 5y ago
  I am thinking for sale, after one year make it open source? Another option is to make it free for personal use, and paid for commercial use. Font licensing is too complicated and I want to simplify it just as if I were to purchase the font for myself - unlimited use for anything and everything. No one should have to worry about using fonts for obvious use cases such as embedding in avionics, etching on nuclear power plant control panels and designing submarine bailout signs.

ghishadow 5y ago

looks great

fgblanch 5y ago

Neil, congrats your site! It looks great, very cool design and content. The Berkeley font also looks very nice. I'll beta test.

tannhaeuser 5y ago

Matter of taste, but I like and recommend single-storey a in the regular not just the italic type face as variant. Or preferably even as default/only variant as I don't find switching double-storey to single-storey, or other drastical change of basic shapes for that matter convincing for a coding font.

neilpanchal 5y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Double-storey ‘a’ does make things busy. I’ll see what I can do with optional single storey ‘a’ as a stylistic set. The problem with stylistic sets is no one uses them and they’re not well supported in programming tools. I’ve got automated font file generation script in Glyphs app that generates all variants as separate fonts, so users can download whatever they want. I’ll try to create a single storey ‘a’ as an option, definitely for italics which are still under development.

radicaldreamer 5y ago

Great work, looking forward to trying it out when it's ready

qbasic_forever 5y ago

Very cool! I want to try this with cool-retro-term and vim. :)

dorian-graph 5y ago

Looks neat so far! Do you plan on supporting ligatures?

neilpanchal 5y ago
Unlikely. Explicitness and the binding between the code you see with the eyes and the keys on the keyboard shouldn’t be violated IMHO. Ligatures add ambiguity (“what’s this symbol? Which keys were pressed to create it?”), great for manuscripts and literature but not so great for code I personally think.

epilys 5y ago

Personally I love it and your aesthetics, kudos. Is it going to be for sale or openly licensed?

neilpanchal 5y ago
I am thinking for sale, after one year make it open source? Another option is to make it free for personal use, and paid for commercial use. Font licensing is too complicated and I want to simplify it just as if I were to purchase the font for myself - unlimited use for anything and everything. No one should have to worry about using fonts for obvious use cases such as embedding in avionics, etching on nuclear power plant control panels and designing submarine bailout signs.