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Comment by cschmidt

3 years ago

I'd second the vote for some "testing" fonts. At the very least, could you include some screenshots of larger chunks of code, with {} etc? I can't really tell how this will look on a screen full of code.

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neilpanchal  3 years ago

Here is some Python, but no {}: https://neil.computer/notes/berkeley-mono-february-update/#b...

I'll plan for a nice page with various languages and full page screenshots.

Edit: Fixed link, thanks.

  • mrweasel  3 years ago

    The same think happens with this font, as with some many others. It's absolutely beautiful, it looks like it was just designed for coding. Then I see actual code written with the font and goes: "Well, that was disappointing".

    Don't get me wrong, it beautiful, easy to read and the price is right (in my opinion), but when you see the Python, even at 17pt, it seems squished. The characters just blurs together. This font either requires insane amounts of whitespace around it, or a high font size, I'm guessing no less than 20pt. Maybe it's just the line height that makes it weird, the characters seems like they need to be wider to avoid losing details.

    • neilpanchal  3 years ago

      Send me an email[1] and I can send you a beta copy to try out. IMO the picture doesn't do the justice (it is not like the way you describe it at all), but I am seriously considering creating a specific license for a trial + font cut that is missing a few glyphs. That's going to take some time. Here is some feedback from this thread :) : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30559060

      Of course, I use it daily for writing code but I am biased :)

      [1] neil@berkeleygraphics.com

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    • ali_m  3 years ago

      I agree, although I'm not sure if it's partly an unflattering screenshot. To me some of the lowercase letters look a bit indistinct (especially the 'e's and 'a's).

  • pmags  3 years ago

    I get an Error 1011 message:

    The owner of this website (neil.computer) does not allow hotlinking to that resource (/content/images/2022/02/Artboard-5.png).