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The package of IBM’s typeface, IBM Plex.
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Feature Request: IBM Plex Mono - Stylistic Set/Character Variant for # symbol #401

Closed krish-r closed 8 months ago

krish-r commented 3 years ago

Hello,

I found a similar discussion in an earlier issues #205.

If possible, can you please create a Stylistic Set/Character Variant for the hash sign (#) in IBM Plex Mono font?

IBM Plex Mono: image image

Consolas: image image

Thanks

mjabbink commented 2 years ago

To make sure I follow the issue. Is it because of the open center and a pattern that may be visible as result? spacing wise the glyphs fit nicely inside 600 unit widths.

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krish-r commented 2 years ago

Yeah exactly.

Due to the open center, when there are multiple # signs, it looks a different pattern ||=|| (like an italicized ligature made of || and =) making it a little harder to recognize at first glance. Especially in markdowns as mentioned in another comment - https://github.com/IBM/plex/issues/205#issuecomment-1017438246, and also in other languages where # is used for comments.

Please feel free to close this as duplicate, if you would like to continue the discussion on the original issue.

mjabbink commented 2 years ago

A number of our Plex users have brought this up. It’s an easy thing to add as an alternate option in a future update.

@BoldMonday — another item to add to the list!

johnnyshields commented 2 years ago

@mjabbink I'd propose the current glyph be made the alternate here. The default glyph should have horizontal bars as # char has in the vast majority of fonts.

bakkot commented 1 year ago

Any progress on this? We're adopting this font for the JavaScript specification and this is the only significant painpoint.

BoldMonday commented 1 year ago

An update for Plex Mono is scheduled for later this year.

It will include a reworked version of the # symbol as stylistic alternate.

subnut commented 8 months ago

Which stylistic set toggles this behaviour?

EDIT: it's ss06

marlun commented 3 months ago

Can I build this somewhere without having to set it all up on my own machine?

BoldMonday commented 3 months ago

Can I build this somewhere without having to set it all up on my own machine?

The latest release contains all generated fonts ready to install. No need to build anything yourself.

marlun commented 3 months ago

With the different stylistic toggles? Because I want it with the above style changes for #? I couldn't see that.

BoldMonday commented 3 months ago

No. In that case you have to modify the fonts yourself.