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What do you think of https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/ https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

fwlr 3y ago
I like it a lot! Definitely in the camp of “comic sans is over-hated for poor reasons, and might even have legibility benefits for dyslexia”, and I considered a few comic sans inspired monospaced fonts before settling on Source Code Pro. The leaders were Fantasque (https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/ https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/) and Comic Code (https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code). (Comic Code’s creator actually links to the font you linked, Comic Mono, as an example of a free font with the same spirit!) Ultimately I found that anything descended from or inspired by comic sans ended up a little too busy for my eyes.
- sitkack 3y ago
  I appreciate how Comic Sans was used by educators to find something that helped people with dyslexia, while also breaking down the serious barrier. SPJ[1] from Haskell would use Comic Sans in his slides, which seems oddly humorous to me. Below are fonts are designed to minimize the effects of dyslexia. https://www.dyslexiefont.com/ https://www.dyslexiefont.com/ https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/ https://www.k-type.com/fonts/lexie-readable/ https://www.k-type.com/fonts/lexie-readable/ [1] https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~sweirich/icfp-plmw15/slides/peyton-jones.pdf https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~sweirich/icfp-plmw15/slides/peyto...
specialist 3y ago
Two story lower case 'a' and simple lower case 'g' FTW. Three story 'a' and four story 'g' drive me nuts. They seem overwrought, esp for monospaced coding fonts. Individual preferences are weird.
Gertm 3y ago
Love these kinds of fonts. I've used Recursive Mono Casual for all my coding for years now and I love it. ( https://www.recursive.design https://www.recursive.design ) The italics are nicely distinctive from the normal font. Everything super legible.

fwlr 3y ago

I like it a lot! Definitely in the camp of “comic sans is over-hated for poor reasons, and might even have legibility benefits for dyslexia”, and I considered a few comic sans inspired monospaced fonts before settling on Source Code Pro. The leaders were Fantasque (https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/ https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/) and Comic Code (https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code). (Comic Code’s creator actually links to the font you linked, Comic Mono, as an example of a free font with the same spirit!) Ultimately I found that anything descended from or inspired by comic sans ended up a little too busy for my eyes.

sitkack 3y ago
I appreciate how Comic Sans was used by educators to find something that helped people with dyslexia, while also breaking down the serious barrier. SPJ[1] from Haskell would use Comic Sans in his slides, which seems oddly humorous to me. Below are fonts are designed to minimize the effects of dyslexia. https://www.dyslexiefont.com/ https://www.dyslexiefont.com/ https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/ https://www.k-type.com/fonts/lexie-readable/ https://www.k-type.com/fonts/lexie-readable/ [1] https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~sweirich/icfp-plmw15/slides/peyton-jones.pdf https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~sweirich/icfp-plmw15/slides/peyto...

specialist 3y ago

Two story lower case 'a' and simple lower case 'g' FTW. Three story 'a' and four story 'g' drive me nuts. They seem overwrought, esp for monospaced coding fonts. Individual preferences are weird.

Gertm 3y ago

Love these kinds of fonts. I've used Recursive Mono Casual for all my coding for years now and I love it. ( https://www.recursive.design https://www.recursive.design ) The italics are nicely distinctive from the normal font. Everything super legible.