The 'a' and the 'o' are a bit similar, but all in all I can see myself trying this out. Reminds me a bit of Comic Code and Maple Mono. Thanks for sharing!
There are a few odd things about this post though. Take this as well-intentioned feedback.
- New account. No previous submissions or comments.
- New Github account. No previous activity.
- Mentions custom engine (cool!), but omits any details.
- Calls other mono fonts 'fugly'; refuses to elaborate.
- Releasing based on interest feels like engagement farming. Let me know when it's done. Then I'll judge whether I'm interested.
- Regular weights are free. Implication is that other weights will be paid. That's fine. I'm happy to pay for fonts. But I'm unlikely to try a font in earnest without bold and italics.
Sorry if this comes off as harsh. I wish you the best with this!
I would suggest making the screenshot with the font at different sizes. They first thing I want is to have an approximation of how it will look at small sizes.
It's not very easy to use Metafont and its derivatives to produce a modern TrueType/OpenType font. Even the TeX Gyre fonts use FontForge [0] rather than Metafont.
The 'a' and the 'o' are a bit similar, but all in all I can see myself trying this out. Reminds me a bit of Comic Code and Maple Mono. Thanks for sharing!
There are a few odd things about this post though. Take this as well-intentioned feedback.
- New account. No previous submissions or comments.
- New Github account. No previous activity.
- Mentions custom engine (cool!), but omits any details.
- Calls other mono fonts 'fugly'; refuses to elaborate.
- Releasing based on interest feels like engagement farming. Let me know when it's done. Then I'll judge whether I'm interested.
- Regular weights are free. Implication is that other weights will be paid. That's fine. I'm happy to pay for fonts. But I'm unlikely to try a font in earnest without bold and italics.
Sorry if this comes off as harsh. I wish you the best with this!
I find the "i" quite excruciating to look at.
Also would like to see more examples, say including this deep math.
It's like a dotted version of the false/bottom symbol from logic: ⊥̇
It's just letting you dot your Ts and cross your Is. ;)
EDIT: The joke wasn't that bad. :(
Is this related: https://www.paratype.com/fonts/pt/xenia ?
Could you share more information on this custom python procedural engine?
I would suggest making the screenshot with the font at different sizes. They first thing I want is to have an approximation of how it will look at small sizes.
Why do this rather than just using METAFONT/METAPOST/METATYPE1?
It's not very easy to use Metafont and its derivatives to produce a modern TrueType/OpenType font. Even the TeX Gyre fonts use FontForge [0] rather than Metafont.
[0]: https://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/tex-gyre/source