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1. armadi+Te[view] [source] 2022-03-04 18:29:09
>>neilpa+(OP)
I can only really judge a font when its loaded in my system, running in my setup. I wish font makers targeting developers would release trial fonts (with some essential chars missing or similar), so that we could test them properly before paying.

I am always looking for a better font, and this one looks like it may be an improvement over my current one.

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2. neilpa+Ag[view] [source] 2022-03-04 18:35:57
>>armadi+Te
Thanks and good feedback, beta testing was done in a similar way - font cut with a few missing glyphs and was limited to ASCII-basic set. I'll see if I can extend this more generally.
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3. cschmi+Lj[view] [source] 2022-03-04 18:51:54
>>neilpa+Ag
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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4. neilpa+9k[view] [source] 2022-03-04 18:53:49
>>cschmi+Lj
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.

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5. mrweas+rt[view] [source] 2022-03-04 19:40:01
>>neilpa+9k
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.

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6. neilpa+wz[view] [source] 2022-03-04 20:09:57
>>mrweas+rt
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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