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> This is actually a problem with any font that has an 'r' without a base. > > For example, Andale Mono: https://i.imgur.com/PeLZrj4.png https://i.imgur.com/PeL
by TacticalCoder 4y ago
> This is actually a problem with any font that has an 'r' without a base.
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> For example, Andale Mono: https://i.imgur.com/PeLZrj4.png https://i.imgur.com/PeLZrj4.png
But in Berkeley Mono it'd be easily fixable: when the lowercase r's upperbar is a straight horizontal line (as it is in Berkeley but not in Andale Mono), you can simply make that horizontal bar a little tiny bit wider, which shall give the illusion things are more balanced.
I did create my own font with a 'r' like that (but I cannot share it as I stole inspiration from commercial fonts).
- systemvoltage 4y agoIf you look at the word "proc" and "return" here [1], it looks great and extremely well balanced. There is also a problem of choosing specific examples like the word "random" which has a bad pairing with "ra". You're right though, it can be improved. [1] https://cdn.berkeleygraphics.com/static/public-affairs/bulletins/BT-002/berkeley-mono-ligatures-marketing.svg https://cdn.berkeleygraphics.com/static/public-affairs/bulle...
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y agoEven if monospace doesn't have "kerning" can't they create a "ligature" for "ra" instead? Doesn't have to be a weird hybrid symbol, just tweak the spacing so it looks right.
- replwoacause 4y agoYou make it sound like I engineered this. "Random" was the first word that came to my mind because it was random. If you install the trial font, you'll notice this off balance look in a lot of the text you type, not just the example word I chose.