Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel...
by Seenso on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:10AM
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> A lot of the details they spent so much effort on didn't make any sense to me as to why that particular design detail would be important.
IMHO, fonts have been studied too deeply for too long for some graphic designer at J. Random Corporation to be able to easily make improvements. In situations like that, most changes and new ideas end up being regressions.
Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel...
by core-questions on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @01:01PM
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Consider how many new hacker fonts we've seen on here in the past year or so. Is there really that much unexplored terrain in this landscape?
Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel...
by gecko on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @02:40PM
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We’ve seen a large upgrade due to the increasing interest in ligatured programming fonts that are optimized for Retina display. In that context, maybe: this is really the third entrant after Fira Code and Cascadia. But I doubt it.
Re:JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for devel...
by threatofrain on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:15PM
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In contrast to Operator Mono I'd also advise peeking at Fantasque Sans Mono and Victor Mono as Operator-lites.
I use three different fonts in terminals, editors and IDEs. So I'm sure this font will look good to someone and will find a use. At the moment I can't find a use for it. For now I'll stick with Operator Mono, Cascadia Mono and Fira Mono.