Just as the title says, italic a (U+0061 Latin Small Letter A) and α (U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha) are indisguishable:
Since target usage of the font family shall be used for displaying source codes, I believe legibility (i.e. easy for the reader to tell different symbols apart) should be of one of the top concerns.
Possible fixes:
add a new variant that uses double-storey a (U+0061 Latin Small Letter A) in italic style
Redesign α (U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha) in italic style so that it is not confusable with italic a (U+0061 Latin Small Letter A).
Just as the title says, italic a (U+0061 Latin Small Letter A) and α (U+03B1 Greek Small Letter Alpha) are indisguishable:
Since target usage of the font family shall be used for displaying source codes, I believe legibility (i.e. easy for the reader to tell different symbols apart) should be of one of the top concerns.
Possible fixes: