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The "peak of perfection" does not support even just European languages, not having full coverage even for Latin scripts. But it's a "love letter for the golden

The "peak of perfection" does not support even just European languages, not having full coverage even for Latin scripts. But it's a "love letter for the golden age of computing", and the golden age had massive problems with scripts for languages other than English, so maybe it's intentional. https://usgraphics.com/static/products/TX-02/datasheet/TX-02-datasheet.a43c0c7f8d8c.pdf https://usgraphics.com/static/products/TX-02/datasheet/TX-02...

wyager 2y ago
What percentage of monospace text on the internet uses random obscure glyphs? This isn't really a practical problem.
- scripturial 2y ago
  Pretty much anyone coding in another language. Coders do sometimes buy fonts if they are into fonts and nice terminals.
  - wyager 2y ago
    To reiterate the original question: "what percentage"?
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    - kiitos 1y ago
      What do you think are "random obscure glyphs"? Is the Turkish lowercase 'i' (ı) one of them? What about the German Eszett (ß)? Is 'ö' a random obscure glyph? What about 'ø'?
      - wyager 1y ago
        Yes, those are obscure and unlikely to naturally show up in monospace texts. What percentage of computer programs do you think are written in turkish?
        kiitos 1y ago
        Sorry, the question was actually rhetorical: those glyphs are in no way obscure, they're super common. A text isn't monospaced or not, a text is just a text, monospaced is a property of a typeface that can be used to render a text, it's adjacent to other properties of typefaces like serif or sans-serif. When you dismiss stuff like ü or ø or ß or etc. as "obscure" (and, transitively, irrelevant) it comes across as ignorance.
neilpanchal 2y ago
Hey, Berkeley Mono supports most Western European languages, can you tell me what's missing? I can add it. Btw, the tagline is about the aesthetics. :)
- testing1235 2y ago
  Hi Neil, I'm not that person you replied to but in my projects I require Cyrillic glyphs for Russian and Ukrainian texts. Also when checking out your website just now, I wasn't able to add a Berkeley Mono App License module in your ordering system. I assume I need a App License to embed the font in my app? But I also can't seem to find any information about the app license itself on your site as well.
  - neilpanchal 2y ago
    Cyrillic is not supported so Berkeley Mono might not be suitable for your application. Are you building a Web app (Webfonts) or a Desktop/Mobile app (App license)? Please email me.
    - jmwilson 2y ago
      The lack of the ohm symbol Ω is also quite a bummer given the technical domain of the font.
      - neilpanchal 2y ago
        Agree, I need to work on the full greek glyphset.
        scripturial 2y ago
        If you could remember to include Ancient Greek (pre 1980) accent combinations that would be awesome. It’s not that many extra accents. (Many Greek fonts today don’t draw the accents and breathings that are used in older texts)
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wyager 2y ago

What percentage of monospace text on the internet uses random obscure glyphs? This isn't really a practical problem.

scripturial 2y ago
Pretty much anyone coding in another language. Coders do sometimes buy fonts if they are into fonts and nice terminals.
- wyager 2y ago
  To reiterate the original question: "what percentage"?
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
  - kiitos 1y ago
    What do you think are "random obscure glyphs"? Is the Turkish lowercase 'i' (ı) one of them? What about the German Eszett (ß)? Is 'ö' a random obscure glyph? What about 'ø'?
    - wyager 1y ago
      Yes, those are obscure and unlikely to naturally show up in monospace texts. What percentage of computer programs do you think are written in turkish?
      - kiitos 1y ago
        Sorry, the question was actually rhetorical: those glyphs are in no way obscure, they're super common. A text isn't monospaced or not, a text is just a text, monospaced is a property of a typeface that can be used to render a text, it's adjacent to other properties of typefaces like serif or sans-serif. When you dismiss stuff like ü or ø or ß or etc. as "obscure" (and, transitively, irrelevant) it comes across as ignorance.

neilpanchal 2y ago

Hey, Berkeley Mono supports most Western European languages, can you tell me what's missing? I can add it. Btw, the tagline is about the aesthetics. :)

testing1235 2y ago
Hi Neil, I'm not that person you replied to but in my projects I require Cyrillic glyphs for Russian and Ukrainian texts. Also when checking out your website just now, I wasn't able to add a Berkeley Mono App License module in your ordering system. I assume I need a App License to embed the font in my app? But I also can't seem to find any information about the app license itself on your site as well.
- neilpanchal 2y ago
  Cyrillic is not supported so Berkeley Mono might not be suitable for your application. Are you building a Web app (Webfonts) or a Desktop/Mobile app (App license)? Please email me.
  - jmwilson 2y ago
    The lack of the ohm symbol Ω is also quite a bummer given the technical domain of the font.
    - neilpanchal 2y ago
      Agree, I need to work on the full greek glyphset.
      - scripturial 2y ago
        If you could remember to include Ancient Greek (pre 1980) accent combinations that would be awesome. It’s not that many extra accents. (Many Greek fonts today don’t draw the accents and breathings that are used in older texts)
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