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=30559060Of course, I use it daily for writing code but I am biased :)
[1] neil@berkeleygraphics.com