[zare_st]

Well you made it explicitly for programming purposes. I am not a poll house or a public opinion evaluator. But handwritten cursive and programming I wouldn't put in a same sentence.

The ligatures and the height you choose really don't go well with a lot of popular programming languages.

I'm not sure what aspect of programming do you believe is "inhumane" so you have desire to introduce "humanity" through design choice.

[rubjo]

Heh well actually I made the font for my own use.

Some others have liked it, others have critized features of it, like the italics and the ligatures. (Features one can easily disable in most sane editors, I might add).

I’ve been using it daily ever since I made it, and I like to believe it makes me effective and happy.

No one should obviously pick a font which is hard to read for them of slows them down. This font doesn’t do that for me personally. If it does that for you, yes, you should probably pick a font where legibility has been the sole focus. (Dyslexia fonts for programming, maybe?)

[jbverschoor]

What I like about it is that it makes more use of the vertical space. In programming, almost everything is lowercase or titlecase (snake/camel are the same), so I prefer to have the higher x-height. It's the most legible typeface for me, and I've tried many

[fullstopslash]

I /adore/ the italics. It's the major thing that keeps me on this font above all others.

[romwell]

>Heh well actually I made the font for my own use.

Perhaps you should change the banner on the github page to reflect that. Currently, it says "the best programming font"; whereas your comment implies it is merely "the best font for rubjo".

Same goes for your Patreon page. When you take other people's money, you say:

>It means a lot to me that you choose to support me this way. With your contribution, I can cover some of the costs for the software and the time used designing the font. Issues / feature requests you might have will be prioritised when possible.

Obviously, it should say (quoting your comments here):

>Thanks for trying the font. In the end, I guess I don't really care. Issues / feature requests you might have... heh well actually I made the font for my own use. :D You should probably pick a font where legibility has been the sole focus.

>To me, the font is absolutely super-legible. If this font is hard to read for you or slows you down, yes, you should probably pick Dyslexia fonts.

Finally, saying that people who don't find your font legible should probably use fonts specifically designed for people with Dyslexia is just... ugh.

Especially coming from someone who writes phrases like these:

- font which is hard to read for them of slows them down

- others have critized features of it

In the end, it's not about the font. It's about how you respond to people who "critize" your work.

And "works for me, have you considered you're dyslexic?" is not a great response. You can do better, and I hope you will.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38334154

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38334764

[rubjo]

You might be firing yourself up a little too much over an opinionated font which is being offered for free. The web site banner and slogans are ehh lets say intentionally and super-obviously grand, if you get what I mean. (?)

I shared it so anyone else who likes it also can use it. It works really well for me. A few others have told me the same. That’s more than enough for me. It’s great that you have found something else that works for you. Peace, man! :)

[romwell]

>You might be firing yourself up a little too much

Why, I'm not "firing myself up" at all. To the contrary, it's rather calming to talk about fonts rather than wars.

> The web site banner and slogans are ehh lets say intentionally and super-obviously grand, if you get what I mean. (?)

So is your attitude towards feedback, if you get what I mean. (?)

>I shared it so anyone else who likes it also can use it. It works really well for me. A few others have told me the same. That’s more than enough for me.

The fact that you have donation links, a Patreon page, and a merch store[1] indicates otherwise.

Clearly, "a few people telling you it works for them" wasn't enough; you'd also like people to give you money and buy your merch so that you could make a living doing this.

From your Patreon:

>If everyone who visited the font home page and downloaded the font had contributed like you do, I could have developed Victor Mono and other fonts as a full-time job.

So... yeah.

>It’s great that you have found something else that works for you

How would you know that?

>Peace, man! :)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[1] https://victor-mono.myspreadshop.com/

[rubjo]

I feel genuinely sorry for you and send you the warmest wishes for a joyous holiday season and a happy New Year!

[enriquec]

I've been programming 20 years and I use one of these combined sans/cursive font setups. I like less legibility for certain parts of the code - like keywords/decorators that I can recognize instantly but want to skip reading/parsing when I want, for instance, to just read function names in collapsed code. I typically set stuff like this to a color closer to the BG too.

[rubjo]

Yeah, this point exactly - intentionally altering or even subduing some parts of the code using color or style to actually recognize blocks of code more quickly. Maybe everything being at 110% legibility all the time makes the whole more time-consuming to scan sometimes. Maybe.

[aaarrm]

They specifically noted the principles they were designing for in the link if you scroll down, so you can see what their goals were.