[Feature request]: Dollar alternative with full line through

[bruderstein]

What feature are you proposing?

Would you consider an alternative for the $ sign, with a line all the way through? As it is, for me, it's too close to capital S and difficult to see the difference.

Compare:

vs (excuse my terrible artwork, but just to demonstrate)

[dinhquochan]

Yes. +1 here.

[bebraw]

We discussed the issue and decided to try to alter the standard glyph and its readability. We have a couple of options in mind.

Can you confirm the issue is about legibility?

[bruderstein]

Yes, absolutely about legibility, specifcally about distinguishing it from other similar characters (i.e. capital S).

$witch and Switch are not easy to tell apart at the moment, for example.

Many thanks for considering this!

[dinhquochan]

Yes, It's similar "S". I use a lot of $ in PHP an jQuery, JavaScript.

Thanks if you consider adding it to the alt set.

Compared at Berkeley Mono

and SF Mono:

[MarcusSterz]

There will be a alternative for the Dollar sign available with the upcoming version 2.011 – stay tuned!

[bruderstein]

That is fantastic news, thanks so much for considering this & doing it - really looking forward to seeing it!

[bebraw]

Included to newly released 2.011.