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"Hack" Typeface Is Open Source, Easy On the IDEs
Ars Technica writes that "At SourceFoundry.org this week, programmer Chris Simpkins debuted the 2.0 version of Hack, an open-source typeface designed specifically for use in source code." The revamped font is "characterized by a large x-height, wide aperture, and low contrast design in order to be 'highly legible' at common coding text sizes," and the font specimen shows how legible it is right down to downright tiny sizes, though Simpkins says the sweet spot is between 8 and 12 pixels.
Hack's roots are in the libre, open source typeface community, and the project expands upon the contributions of the Bitstream Vera & DejaVu projects. ... Simpkins has been working on the project throughout 2015, and he tweeted that this latest version includes "new open type features, changes in weights, significant changes in spacing, Powerline glyphs, and more." The typeface now comes with four font styles: Regular, Bold, Oblique, and Bold Oblique.
Does this mean I have to abandon comic sans for my Visual basic coding in MS VS??
If you have to ask, turn in your hacker creds and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. :)
...does it feel like another deja-vú
I like the way it looks good all the way down to 8pt, and is legible even in 7pt. Not that I'll be reading such tiny code, but many quite a few otherwise-excellent fonts I've looked at over the last few years seem to go a bit funny below 12pt.
I love 7pt fonts, they allow me to pack a lot more regex in my Perl one-liners.
lucm, indeed.
You're far too tolerant. These "proportionalists" are the enemy of our freedoms and must all be hunted down and lynched. Even vi and emacs combatants must declare a truce and form a united front. Only monospacers are the True Faith.