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Overpass open source web font family — Sponsored by Red Hat
http://overpassfont.org
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Mono: Parens and braces are difficult to distinguish at small sizes #46

Closed codeman38 closed 7 years ago

codeman38 commented 7 years ago

In Overpass Mono, the curly brace glyphs have an extremely rounded curve, and the 'pinch' of the curve is very subtle. Because of this, they're very difficult to distinguish from parentheses at a glance, especially at smaller font sizes.

See, for instance, this comparison (9pt, 120dpi) between Overpass and three other popular open-source monospace fonts, and note how the middle of the curve is much more pointed in the other fonts:

paren-brace-comparison

[edit: updated with correct font size/DPI used for the sample]

andyfitzsuse commented 7 years ago

They look very distinct to me... more so on my system also eg

davelab6 commented 7 years ago

Sometimes this is resolved by having the curly braces a little taller

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They look very distinct to me... more so on my system also [image: eg] https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1276715/21870454/24b7c504-d8a8-11e6-9415-9848554fb0d6.png

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andyfitzsuse commented 7 years ago

yeah I had considered that but I like the vertical parity and think Dave and Delve did too. will resolve as a #wontfix