Programming Fonts Browser
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Programming Fonts Browser
http://app.programmingfonts.org I've spent some time collecting monospace programming fonts, particularly…
news.ycombinator.com#monospace fonts#programming fonts#free fonts#font comparison
How HN took it
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool for comparing programming fonts.
From 1 comment
Nice tool. What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) and 1 (one) look the…
jansan on HN
Objections
Many monospace fonts make O and 0 look alike.
From 1 comment
Nice tool. What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) and 1 (one) look the…
jansan on HN
Small L and digit one look the same in some fonts.
From 1 comment
Nice tool. What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) and 1 (one) look the…
jansan on HN
Slashed zero can be mistaken for Ø for Danish programmers.
From 1 comment
Dear font designers - don't make a zero with a slash because then it looks like a Ø to danish programmers.
bryanrasmussen on HN
Requests
Font designers should make zeros distinct with slash or dot.
From 1 comment
Nice tool. What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) and 1 (one) look the…
jansan on HN
Font designers should distinguish small l from one.
From 1 comment
Nice tool. What amazes me is that in so many of the fonts the O (oh) looks the same or very similar to the 0 (zero). saxMono even manages to make l (small L) and 1 (one) look the…
jansan on HN
Questions
Which further data to include, such as glyph counts and OpenType alternatives.
From 1 comment
Alternatives named
Noto monospace font.
From 1 comment
Totally agree. A lot of these fonts are derived from old type writer fonts. I try not to include pure type writer fonts, but I'm probably not really strict here. It's a bit sad…
klageveen on HN