Oh, ok, thanks for the explanation.
I noticed effectively that switching to Source Sans 10 increased
significantly the density (copying the Source Sans font files in
/usr/local/share/fonts/ made them visible to Pharo), and that, it solved
the MNU on unicode glyphs as well. So all is well with the Source Sans
Pro and I'm happy.
Thierry
Le 17/10/2013 15:22, [email protected] a écrit :
> what with the 2x space?
Something I like about Source Code Pro is the greater spacing between
identifiers. In comparison, I found DejaVu Sans and Source Sans Pro to
be too dense, especially so with the latter. So I experimented with
doubling the size of that space with the proportional fonts. I just
Search-Replaced <space> with <space-space>, but in an IDE you could use
one of the wider space character like the EN-QUAD [5]. Except the
performance with Unicode versus ascii characters would need to be
checked. I've attached a some more comparisons of identifier spacing.
Sorry I mislead you with the Source Sans Pro 2X-spacing in previous
PDF. You wont get that exactly out of the box without some code changes
to use a wider space character. Check you opinion against the 1X-spacing.
cheers -ben
[5] http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/chars/spaces.html
Goubier Thierry wrote:
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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