unwind 7 hours ago

Repost, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45849342.

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  • tyleo an hour ago

    Weird. I thought HN automatically combined submissions with the same URL unless there was like a year or so of space between them.

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  • vinhnx 7 hours ago

    Strangely, I submitted this a week ago, even before the linked HN you mentioned. Now it turns to the front page, maybe the HN algo bumps it.

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zygentoma 4 hours ago

Why does the 'l' look different in the title image and in the example images?

I actually like the one in the title image more, because it's less likely to be confused for a 1.

[EDIT:] Also the kerning of l and i in 'lines' looks a bit off …

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  • sayyadirfanali 2 hours ago

    designer here. thanks for the feedback. i've updated the serif in `l` after an issue raised the possibility of ambiguity with `1`. alas, that would mean i'd need to regenerate all the images, which i haven't done yet.

    i didn't produce a variant for the `l` serif, please check issue #8. if you prefer the variant, please open an issue. can you elaborate on the kerning point, preferably there also?

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amoss 6 hours ago

The flat shape of the "r" and the lack of curvature on the "p" where it touches the stem would drive me mad, but YMMV.

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ape4 5 hours ago

Might be nice if the ligature of != was ≠

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  • mrweasel 3 hours ago

    Probably personal preference, but I prefer != not be smashed into one character.

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  • sayyadirfanali 2 hours ago

    as i mention in the description, Myna doesn't use ligatures. the Unicode sure looks very much like that in the font, though.

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torstenvl 5 hours ago

Font generally looks nice, but I really hate the trend of overly-curly curly braces.

(Also, I'm judging the C code. No check on the fopen()? fclose() on a possibly invalid FILE *? No return from int main()? "FILE *f"?!?!)

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  • sayyadirfanali 2 hours ago

    thanks for the feedback. a few people have expressed the same criticism. i'm open to producing a variant with less-curly curly brances. please raise an issue, if you want to use it.

    as is expected, all codes in the illustrations, especially the C code, are to be judged superficially, ie, by their covers, not content :)

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