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by klageveen 1y ago
This SO topic also has a solution via the GitHub UI: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73581385/github-notifica...
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by klageveen 2y ago
I’m so picky a made an entire website about them ( https://www.programmingfonts.org/ ) … yet I’ve been using San Francisco Mono exclusively, basically since it was introduced in 2016. It’s quietly perfect. For years before th
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by klageveen 3y ago
Ok, wow, why did I miss that. Thanks!
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by klageveen 3y ago
This is cool of course. But so was Rome. Which only existed for about two years. It’s one thing to build a cool tool, it’s something else entirely sustain one over time. I need a bit more proof that this is sustainable before I rebuild our
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by klageveen 7y ago
Yes, I’ve seen a lot with old formats. I don’t think the bitmaps themselves are a problem, I already have a bunch (maybe they are faux bitmap though, not sure actually). And they don’t need to be woff though, that just adds some compression
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by klageveen 7y ago
Sadly, Dina is only available as a Windows FON file format, which I can't use or host in a web app.
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by klageveen 7y ago
Indeed, just the free ones. Although perhaps I should list the commercial ones too in some way. That said, I do tend to feature them in the tumblr blog, so you can search that for a preview, background info and a link.
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by klageveen 7y ago
What bitmap fonts do you miss? The site is currently restricted to fonts with a license that allow me to serve a web font for the live preview. So while there are a bunch of bitmap fonts in there, there might be some missing. I love to find
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by klageveen 8y ago
I think it too!
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by klageveen 8y ago
The problem here is that the information isn’t always available. If the docs don’t mention box drawing characters, or powerline symbols the font may still have them. Also, a lot of sources mention the number of glyphs but not the Unicode ra
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by klageveen 8y ago
I have looked at it but have not found a suitable variant. All I find are commercial versions and “The fonts are not redistributable”. Honestly, I doubt bitmap versions are useful for most people.
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by klageveen 8y ago
Well, there is no way to get a list of installed fonts via the browser, but I have thought about adding an input so you can try installed fonts. I just don't have enough time to tackle all the ideas I have!
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by klageveen 8y ago
Lots of old school fonts aren't available in a format that browsers understand. A TTF version of Terminus is in there though. IIRC there was something wrong with the Gohu font files , I'll have to look if that's fixed nowaday
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by klageveen 8y ago
Don’t get me started on target=“_blank” and UX ;)
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by klageveen 8y ago
You can uncheck the AA option on programmingfonts.org though. I need to make something to make fonts render at their “proper” size when needed...
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by klageveen 8y ago
They’re all mono though ;)
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by klageveen 8y ago
A font’s dimensions at a given “font-size” are actually completely up to the designer. Something like x-height can only be determined by rendering and then measuring. Editors tend to be full of character measuring code. x-height also doesn’
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by klageveen 8y ago
Fonts with ligatures are indicated as such, but I’ve yet to add all the other metadata. I do have the data, just need ideas on how to surface it in the UI with too much clutter. I also have to add search, keyboard navigation, etc. I’ll prob
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by klageveen 8y ago
It probably would. Redistributing the font in another form is usually a violation. It’s also severely impractical ;)
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by klageveen 8y ago
Awesome feedback, thanks!
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by klageveen 8y ago
It's just a default set from some release of CodeMirror. I guess I should upgrade that..
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by klageveen 8y ago
Thanks! It's on my list to actually get https set up for it because originally GitHub pages didn't support that.
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by klageveen 8y ago
That's what I feature on the blog, but you'll notice the right-hand side of app.programmingfonts.org is interactive. That's kinda hard to do with static images ;)
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by klageveen 8y ago
Thanks!
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by klageveen 8y ago
Another thing I should integrate I guess. However, just as a general note, you can safely use every single font featured on app.programmingfonts.org for yourself.
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by klageveen 8y ago
Good catch, I'll update the link. Both the Mozilla and the foundry's repo seem to have the same font, it kinda makes sense to link to the Mozilla one in this case.
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by klageveen 8y ago
That's a good point. I usually have a little blurb like that on the blog, but I have been trying to integrate more info about each font into the test drive thing. There are lot's of "family relations" like that between f
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by klageveen 8y ago
That's a really cool idea. You know, the website is on GitHub, if anyone wants to contribute a PR I'm all ears ;)
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by klageveen 8y ago
Hi, I'm the author of programmingfonts.org. Operator Mono certainly is pretty. I always loved consolas on Windows (honestly, it's the only thing that rendered properly on Win7). That said, I can only include fonts that are freely
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by klageveen 8y ago
Glad you like it :)

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