Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs

Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by DidYaWipe on Sunday August 11, 2024 @07:04PM (#41219888)

The first thing I look at on ANY font is the capital "i." No crossbars? No dice.

This one has those and a distinguishable zero vs. O, so far so good.

Whoops; someone pointed out that 1 and l are indistinguishable. That's a major failing.

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Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by PontifexMinimus on Sunday August 11, 2024 @07:51PM (#41220083)

> Whoops; someone pointed out that 1 and l are indistinguishable. That's a major failing.

Agreed.

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Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by rob74 on Monday August 12, 2024 @02:36AM (#41221677)

Maybe that's what they meant by "inspired by typewriters" (on many typewriters there was no 1, you had to use lowercase L)? But I agree that this is not a "feature" you want to have in a font that you use in terminals and/or for programming.

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Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by rbanffy on Monday August 12, 2024 @06:50AM (#41223075)

1’s are a luxury.

https://www.omnimaga.org/humor-and-jokes/dilbert-'we-could-o...

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Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by teddyh on Monday August 12, 2024 @11:17AM (#41225421)

Better link: <https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1992-09-08>

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Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by rbanffy on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:18AM (#41234023)

I was looking for this one.

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Re:Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's ... by fouc on Monday August 12, 2024 @01:19PM (#41226941)

I kinda feel like the difference between the 1 and l is still reasonably obvious, the top serif is significantly different. But it could be improved by removing the bottom left serif from the l.

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