Semi-proportional variant, like iA Writer Duo

[be5invis]

This is really nice for writing documentations:

Repository: https://github.com/iaolo/iA-Fonts/tree/master/iA%20Writer%20Duospace Blog post: https://ia.net/topics/in-search-of-the-perfect-writing-font

[philippnurullin]

@be5invis Yes, we were thinking to expand in this way too. Which you prefer the Duo or Quattro? We were leaning toward Quattro approach. It will work best with JetBrains Mono letter construction.

[auduchinok]

Please, if implemented, make it a separate font version. Although it looks great for text editing, it likely won't work well in some code formatting scenarios and will work really bad in programming languages where vertical alignment is required by syntax (i.e. where you need an actually monospace font).

[philippnurullin]

@auduchinok You mean different font families? Yes, definitely.

[jendrikw]

For Reference, Latin Modern also has a proportional typewriter font.

https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/latinmodernmonoproportional/ https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Latin-Modern-Mono

[Omnieboer]

Oh, Quattro does look good, I'd say good enough for non-programming implementations anywhere where other sans fonts would work. Looking forward to using Quattro (or Duo if Quattro doesn't exist(yet)) on any web pages and apps I write.

[lunacookies]

I am a user of Input Sans, a proportional font made for code. Take a look at the ‘Proportional fonts? For code?’ section on Input’s info page. This is much closer to iA Writer Quattro than Duo, as Input Sans doesn’t limit itself to even four different character widths; instead, it just uses whatever is most natural to the letter.

After getting used to Input Sans, I find monospaced fonts distracting as the contortions they make to make all characters the same width are painfully obvious.

I’d love to see what a proportional version of JetBrains Mono (maybe JetBrains Sans?) would look like, but I understand it’s a massive undertaking.

[yvvt0379]

@auduchinok You mean different font families? Yes, definitely.

Sorry to ask, is it still in progress?

[pinpox]

@auduchinok You mean different font families? Yes, definitely.

Sorry to ask, is it still in progress?

@philippnurullin is a proportional variant still planned? Looking for something to combine with JetBrains Mono

[FlorianFranzen]

@philippnurullin Any update on this?

[mattiasdh]

In my opinion the Trispace font nailed the ideal concept: monospaced, with a slightly wider form (m, w, etc.) and a slightly narrower form (i, l, space, punctuation). Simple but so effectively readable! Check the backstory and github link @ https://etceteratype.co/trispace

Jetbrains would rock in a Tri variant!

ps. Interesting backstory of the iA Writer family (Mono - Duo - Quattro) here: https://ia.net/topics/a-typographic-christmas