This may not be the right place for this. But gotta say it somewhere.
Overall, I like this font. But I hate hate HATE that it makes it impossible to distinguish “1” (one) from “I” (capital-i), except in the amount of horizontal space they take up. The numeral one should have a hook at the top, even in a sans-serif font. This is really important if you’re going to be having mathematical discussions. (Of course, “l” (lower-case L) is also indistinguishable here. But letters are either clear from context or, if used as variable names, a choice. So two indistinguishable letters is no big deal; a numeral and a letter is a PROBLEM.)
Yeah, I also totally agree. Not sure what we can do, since this font performs quite well on a lot of other metrics that I really care about, and it seems somewhat doomy to just modify a single glyph haphazardly (and that might also run into copyright issues, depending on details I haven’t looked into).
I also am convinced that serif fonts are probably better for any text that’s not just a name by itself or a simple table (e.g. an airport arrival/departure board). Those little hooks and claws make a difference!
This may not be the right place for this. But gotta say it somewhere.
Overall, I like this font. But I hate hate HATE that it makes it impossible to distinguish “1” (one) from “I” (capital-i), except in the amount of horizontal space they take up. The numeral one should have a hook at the top, even in a sans-serif font. This is really important if you’re going to be having mathematical discussions. (Of course, “l” (lower-case L) is also indistinguishable here. But letters are either clear from context or, if used as variable names, a choice. So two indistinguishable letters is no big deal; a numeral and a letter is a PROBLEM.)
Yeah, I also totally agree. Not sure what we can do, since this font performs quite well on a lot of other metrics that I really care about, and it seems somewhat doomy to just modify a single glyph haphazardly (and that might also run into copyright issues, depending on details I haven’t looked into).
I concur.
I also am convinced that serif fonts are probably better for any text that’s not just a name by itself or a simple table (e.g. an airport arrival/departure board). Those little hooks and claws make a difference!