I love that they actually included Bigelow's explanation of each decision made. So often (especially in the realm of programming fonts, it seems) decisions on letter forms in new fonts seem to be made "because it looks nice", but there is, in fact, a science behind it all. Indeed, Go Mono ticks every item I look for in a programming font (one of only 2 or 3 programming fonts that does):
- slashed 0
- easy differentiation of 1, i, l, and |
- open lower-case g
- proper kerning and adequate width of r, n, and m
Unfortunately, I don't see myself switching away from Menlo to Go Mono for a silly and purely aesthetic reason: 5 point raised baseline * . Yes, yes...I know that's how pretty much every font has done * since forever, but after working with the vertically centered, six-pointed * in Menlo (and SF Mono), it's hard to go back.
Unfortunately, I don't see myself switching away from Menlo to Go Mono for a silly and purely aesthetic reason: 5 point raised baseline * . Yes, yes...I know that's how pretty much every font has done * since forever, but after working with the vertically centered, six-pointed * in Menlo (and SF Mono), it's hard to go back.