[roblabla]

Monaspace has a feature called "texture healing" that does something similar: it allows bigger letters to "steal" space from adjascent smaller letters, to make it easier to read. The result is that the letters are still in a grid, while still allowing for bigger letters to "breathe".

https://github.com/githubnext/monaspace/blob/main/docs/Textu...

It's the main reason I use monaspace as a font.

[bityard]

I'm open to trying it, but my gosh, having one 'w' offset slightly by a few pixels from the one right above it feels like it would drive me bonkers eventually.

And: doesn't this result in text that "jumps around" as you type?

[stavros]

Only at most one letter jumps around, the previous letter you typed.

[gavinray]

What a brilliant idea, neat. Thanks for the link.