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a web based livecoding environment
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Use a monospaced font #256

Open rumblesan opened 9 years ago

rumblesan commented 9 years ago

If we used a monospace font then it would mean that successive lines of code line up. It could be really useful for audio patterns and the like.

davidedc commented 9 years ago

I did consider some monospaced fonts before picking our current font (Maven Pro) but they didn't fit from a style perspective and I thought it wasn't a big deal.

But I think we might have a "theming" discussion soon - I see at least four main styles:

We could start with a "themes" menu or a "gear/settings" menu where one could choose theme...

rumblesan commented 9 years ago

So I have actually been thinking about something along those lines. Though actually less about style and more about features. So there's a beginner mode for learning and teaching, but also a 'high performance' mode, where more stuff is turned on.

Agree that it would be worth while having a discussion around this sort of stuff

Guy On 21 Jun 2015 16:52, "Davide Della Casa" notifications@github.com wrote:

I did consider some monospaced fonts before picking our current font (Maven Pro) but they didn't fit from a style perspective and I thought it wasn't a big deal.

But I think we might have a "theming" discussion soon - I see at least four main styles:

  • "from the future" style which is what we have now in the environment. Sort of slick.
  • "playful" style, which is the one of the website. Primary colors and Google-like whitespace.
  • "cutsie", which could be cool for kids. The turtle would look like a turtle, and the font could be comic sans. Because kids want ponies. What the heck I might want ponies too.
  • "high-tech" which would be "terminal from the 70s" colours, monospaced fonts and vi bindings.

We could start with a "themes" menu or a "gear/settings" menu where one could choose theme...

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