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adobe-fonts / source-code-pro

Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments
https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Font weight semi-light? #235

Open ianyepan opened 4 years ago

ianyepan commented 4 years ago

Can the user achieve (through building or downloading) a font weight version that's set between regular and light? I'd love to use light weight fonts, but Source Code Pro Light is too thin to see clearly on my screen (Macbook retina), not to mention extralight.

frankrolf commented 3 years ago

It depends a lot on the implementing application, but fine-tuning the desired weight would the a perfect use case for a variable font: https://v-fonts.com/fonts/source-code-variable

I have found that font thickness has a lot to do with other factors, such as the antialiasing method chosen. This can be a system-wide setting (“font smoothing”) or an application setting (font_options in Sublimetext, for example).