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Chris Simpkins, creator of Hack font, has died
- esafak 1y agoFrom kidney transplant surgery to typeface design... he's probably the only person on the planet with such a trajectory.
- sheepscreek 1y agoThank you for sharing this. He appeared to be a truly captivating and gifted individual. His untimely demise is a tragedy. Rest in peace.
- latchkey 1y agoWow, that's sad. I've switched to Google's Sans font entirely and love it. RIP Chris.
- nine_k 1y agoHack was a relatively minor improvement over DejaVu Sans Mono. Google Sans Code seems like a more deep rework, and I like it! It's sad that I learn about it only as the person who had worked on it passed away. RIP.
- b_e_n_t_o_n 1y agoRIP Chris. I will use your font faces in my next project in your honour.
- ChrisArchitect 1y agoRIP Google Sans Code https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Google+Sans+Code https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Google+Sans+Code (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44749873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44749873) Hack font (2017) https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523)
- Lio 1y agoThanks for the work Chris. For anyone looking for versions patched with Nerd Font glyphs: https://github.com/E-Vertin/GoogleSansCode-NerdFont https://github.com/E-Vertin/GoogleSansCode-NerdFont https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads and here's the preview page for both: https://www.programmingfonts.org/#hack https://www.programmingfonts.org/#hack
- ChrisArchitect 1y agoNews is July 13, FYI
- pandemic_region 1y agoRIP Chris. We briefly exchanged emails during the development of Hack. Having read the obituary, I understand better now why I sensed so much goodness and positive energy from only a couple of paragraphs. Hack is a beautiful font, long time user since its inception. I even use it in the terminal. Any other fonts I tried always felt slightly off for some reason and I keep going back to Hack. Knowing he had a hand in it, I'll give Google Sans Code a try.