[squeak-dev] New programming fonts

Casey Ransberger casey.obrien.r at gmail.com
Mon Sep 26 21:31:42 UTC 2011


I like the names:)

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, I3 Project <i3text at gmail.com> wrote:

> Although Smalltalk environments traditionally use variable width
> fonts, people are sometimes motivated to switch to a monospaced font.
> When I look at the reasons, I think it is mostly because the variable
> width fonts we have were not specifically designed for showing code.
>
> As an experiment, I made a set of proportional fonts that incorporate
> the design features we expect in a programming font. There are both
> bitmap and vector fonts.
>
> Note especially that the spacing is adjusted so you don't have to use
> tabs for indentation. This means you can write code that looks good
> with either a monospaced or proportional font.
>
> All the fonts are release to the public domain (via the Unlicense) and
> can be found at http://code.google.com/p/i3project/wiki/Fonts.
>
>


-- 
Casey Ransberger
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