Excellent, I like the comparison a lot! Thanks!
My take is:
- Unable to like Source Code Pro 9 (and it's so wide);
- Source Sans Pro 9 has spacing issues (16r, the r is too close) and
reading issues (it's the worse for the lL|i characters)
- Source sans Pro 10 is better than 9 (but what with the 2x space?)
Overall, I'd stay with DejaVu Sans 9 based on this sample. In my
opinion, the best compromise density / readability.
Thierry
Le 16/10/2013 19:56, [email protected] a écrit :
Goubier Thierry wrote:
I'd be more impressed if the argument was helping me distinguish
between | and l.
Yes. It is designed to do that. Some common failings of monospaced fonts
are noted [1] and dealt with. There comment section is also interesting.
The attached PDFs are the result of getting the urge to compare a broad
coverage of code examples (taken from "Terse Guide to Squeak") against
three fonts:
* DejaVu Sans 9 point
* Source Code Pro [1] [2] 9 point
* Source Sans Pro [3] [4] 9 point & 10 point, since the width of 10 was
the same as the others at 9.
Also attached is the source excel file.
cheers -ben
[1] http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.html
[2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcecodepro.adobe/files/
[3] http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/08/source-sans-pro.html
[4]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcesans.adobe/postdownload?source=dlp
I'l let you try, then :)
Thierry
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