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TLDR: 1,500 words on how iA created a variant of IBM Plex Mono with four 1.5X-width characters (m, M, w, W) because…well, it's not really clear. And, they say,
by CharlesW 3y ago
TLDR: 1,500 words on how iA created a variant of IBM Plex Mono with four 1.5X-width characters (m, M, w, W) because…well, it's not really clear.
And, they say, programmers use monospace fonts because it helps them catch typos. In reality, variable glyph widths make it easier to identify typos.
- mrunseen 3y agom, M, w, W, %, @ and i, l, ! (and so on) are the letters that create a challenge (or a room for creativity/individuality) ad they are so wide or so narrow. Wide letters often get cramped as they need to share se witdh as narrower letters. iA thought they could just modify those “extreme” glyphs to increase legibility (and readability)
- firewolf34 3y agoClearly, the letters are badly designed. Latin writing system was not invented with coding in mind. Perhaps we can design a new character system script specifically designed for ease of programming! I say we use Aurebesh. :)
- JohnFen 3y ago> Perhaps we can design a new character system script specifically designed for ease of programming! I think APL already did this.