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Show HN: SN Pro – a free, open-source font designed for Markdown

17 points by tobeagram 3y ago

tobeagram 3y ago
Hey everyone, OP (Tobias) here. We're excited to release SN Pro today, a friendly new typeface that's open source and free for both personal and commercial use. We've carefully re-designed each character, improving support for Markdown and ligatures. For a detailed breakdown of our design process, check out the link [1]. Throughout the development of our app[2] over the past few years, my co-founder Connor and I consistently encountered font-related issues. Certain characters wouldn't align correctly or some symbols we'd want would just be missing. It's been a breath of fresh air to create our own typeface, eliminating the need for the workaround margins and SVGs we used to add. SN Pro is based on Nunito, the fantastic typeface by Vernon Adams [3]. We're relatively new to typefaces, so we're sure they will be things to improve, but would love some feedback if anyone here is into type-setting! Additionally, SN Pro is licensed under OFL (like Nunito before it) and is free for both personal and commercial use. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. [1] https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/sn-pro-font-family/ https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/sn-pro-font-family/ [2] https://supernotes.app https://supernotes.app [3] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito
sgfgross 3y ago
Beautiful typeface.
- tobeagram 3y ago
  Thanks so much <3
kyzo 3y ago
Love this new font. Your attention to detail is astonishing. Can I use it for my simple dev blog?
- tobeagram 3y ago
  Thanks for the kind words kyzo, of course you can use it for your dev blog. SN Pro has an SIL Open Font License 1.1 [1]. You can use it in your website, books, posters, artwork, logos entirely for free, no acknowledgement is required (although we'd love it if you mentioned it). [1] https://openfontlicense.org/ https://openfontlicense.org/
  - kyzo 3y ago
    will definetely do mention! thank u so much!
vermaat 3y ago
Looks great
alexstyl 3y ago
beautiful font
phuctm97 3y ago
This is so freaking cool! Always love SN design, now an SN font, didn't see that coming but absolutely gorgeous!
fishsander 3y ago
had you ever designed a font prior to this? what's the process like?
- tobeagram 3y ago
  Although we had never designed a font before, we had extensive experience using Figma to create our app's user interface, custom icons, and svgs over the past few years. Recognizing that creating a font from scratch would be a daunting task, we opted to adapt Nunito. To re-design and create our own stamp on the typeface, we chose Glyphs [1], a beautifully crafted and meticulously planned program. Over the course of several months, we carefully reconsidered each character, adjusting cap heights, and refining kerning (the spacing between characters). [1] https://glyphsapp.com https://glyphsapp.com
  - fishsander 3y ago
    very cool! thanks for sharing!
Cenk 3y ago
You know you’re paying the right amount of attention to the design of your app when you make a custom typeface
theschmed 3y ago
Nunito is a great font, happy to see it getting love and attention. I use it on my personal website with pride. “Super Nunito” put a smile on my face.

17 points by tobeagram 3y ago

Hey everyone, OP (Tobias) here. We're excited to release SN Pro today, a friendly new typeface that's open source and free for both personal and commercial use. We've carefully re-designed each character, improving support for Markdown and ligatures. For a detailed breakdown of our design process, check out the link [1]. Throughout the development of our app[2] over the past few years, my co-founder Connor and I consistently encountered font-related issues. Certain characters wouldn't align correctly or some symbols we'd want would just be missing. It's been a breath of fresh air to create our own typeface, eliminating the need for the workaround margins and SVGs we used to add. SN Pro is based on Nunito, the fantastic typeface by Vernon Adams [3]. We're relatively new to typefaces, so we're sure they will be things to improve, but would love some feedback if anyone here is into type-setting! Additionally, SN Pro is licensed under OFL (like Nunito before it) and is free for both personal and commercial use. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. [1] https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/sn-pro-font-family/ https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/sn-pro-font-family/ [2] https://supernotes.app https://supernotes.app [3] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito

sgfgross 3y ago

Beautiful typeface.

tobeagram 3y ago
Thanks so much <3

kyzo 3y ago

Love this new font. Your attention to detail is astonishing. Can I use it for my simple dev blog?

tobeagram 3y ago
Thanks for the kind words kyzo, of course you can use it for your dev blog. SN Pro has an SIL Open Font License 1.1 [1]. You can use it in your website, books, posters, artwork, logos entirely for free, no acknowledgement is required (although we'd love it if you mentioned it). [1] https://openfontlicense.org/ https://openfontlicense.org/
- kyzo 3y ago
  will definetely do mention! thank u so much!

vermaat 3y ago

Looks great

alexstyl 3y ago

beautiful font

phuctm97 3y ago

This is so freaking cool! Always love SN design, now an SN font, didn't see that coming but absolutely gorgeous!

fishsander 3y ago

had you ever designed a font prior to this? what's the process like?

tobeagram 3y ago
Although we had never designed a font before, we had extensive experience using Figma to create our app's user interface, custom icons, and svgs over the past few years. Recognizing that creating a font from scratch would be a daunting task, we opted to adapt Nunito. To re-design and create our own stamp on the typeface, we chose Glyphs [1], a beautifully crafted and meticulously planned program. Over the course of several months, we carefully reconsidered each character, adjusting cap heights, and refining kerning (the spacing between characters). [1] https://glyphsapp.com https://glyphsapp.com
- fishsander 3y ago
  very cool! thanks for sharing!

Cenk 3y ago

You know you’re paying the right amount of attention to the design of your app when you make a custom typeface

theschmed 3y ago

Nunito is a great font, happy to see it getting love and attention. I use it on my personal website with pride. “Super Nunito” put a smile on my face.