Z80 Sans
Creative
font
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65points
13comments
#1,129of 3,515 in 2024
Top 33%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive and clever use of OpenType font features
From 3 comments
"A recursive descent parser is used to generate all possible glyphs, which helps with evaluating expressions in encodings (e.g. SET b,(IX+o) takes a bit and a displacement,…
hyperhello on HNSo evil, so evil! You discovered the programmability of fonts themselves!
Confirm2754 on HNEvery day I'm amazed at what OpenType fonts can do on their own. Material Design icons font, fonts with built-in syntax highlighting and now this.
1GZ0 on HN
Objections
Fonts doing this kind of logic feels like functionality in the wrong place
From 3 comments
Makes you think if they’re perhaps too powerful
tambourine_man on HNIt definitely feels like putting functionality in the wrong places.
rbanffy on HNI am equally amazed and horrified. Fonts shouldn't do that. ;-)
rbanffy on HN
Requests
Use a video instead of a GIF in the readme
From 1 comment
cool work! but please use a video instead of a gif in the readme... it's so frustrating not being able to pause, go back, etc.
yoavm on HN
Alternatives named
Fonts with built-in syntax highlighting and Material Design icon fonts
From 1 comment
Every day I'm amazed at what OpenType fonts can do on their own. Material Design icons font, fonts with built-in syntax highlighting and now this.
1GZ0 on HN