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Non mono-spaced fonts for programming... An interesting idea but with one caveat I can think of. Many programmers, although not me personally, use command line
by PebblesHD 12y ago
Non mono-spaced fonts for programming... An interesting idea but with one caveat I can think of. Many programmers, although not me personally, use command line based editors like GNU Nano or Vim which require keyboard based navigation of text. Mono-spaced fonts mean the cursor moves in predictable ways when dropping a line or moving about. With a font like this that would (probably) cause problems.
- davecap1 12y agoIt actually comes with a monospaced variant.
- PebblesHD 12y agoIndeed it does, but the main idea presented by the website is an alternative to monospaced fonts which is an interesting and novel idea but impractical in a few scenarios as mentioned before. I work mainly in Brackets and for my on screen work, a proportional font would be perfectly usable, I however stick to Source Code Pro because I like the even pacing of the code on the screen.