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"Hack" Typeface Is Open Source, Easy On the IDEs

Posted by timothy on from the get-it-easy-on-the-eye-dee-never-mind dept.

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.

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  1. That's great and all... by beelsebob · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But where can I see it? Where's the damn link?

  2. Adobe Source Code Pro by redfood · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It looks similar to Adobe Source Code Pro.

    Similar design goals . Also open source on github.

    To my eyes Source Code Pro looks more refined.

  3. Re:Here's the article by Misagon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That looks exactly like the font that is already used as default fixed-width font in my five-year-old install of Ubuntu ...

    --
    "We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
  4. Slashvertisements by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Please no more of these. I stopped going to that tech toilet Hacker News because of all the "my dumb product and how it's revolutionary" pseudo news bullshit.

  5. animated gif which shows the plagiarism by ballyhoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This animation shows DejaVu Sans mono vs Hack.

    http://i.imgur.com/8SqL6mT.gif

    Hack is the image with the red square

    #awkward #ripoff

  6. Re:Here's the article by flargleblarg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would like this font a lot more if the zero had a slash through it instead of that ridiculous ellipse in the center.