On 17 October 2013 10:47, Goubier Thierry <thierry.goubier@cea.fr> wrote:

Le 17/10/2013 10:29, Igor Stasenko a ��crit :

hmm.. i have suspicion that it is actually adobe who can't handle the
font properly..
because in some examples for source code pro font, the adjacent letters
jump onto each other.
i don't believe it is that bad (see attached)Inline images 1

Adobe or the viewer? I used evince to view it, not acrobat reader. It may point to incorrect spacing information in Source Sans Pro (I have not the errors you see in Source Code Pro).

Who is in charge of the Source Pro font? Which typographer? Oh, Adobe apparently. If they can't handle it properly...

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i am far from blaming adobe, just wanted to say that in my viewer it does not shows things

properly, because when rendered in pharo it don't have such problems.

so i cannot have decent comparison..��

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Thierry

On 17 October 2013 09:28, Goubier Thierry <thierry.goubier@cea.fr
<mailto:thierry.goubier@cea.fr>> wrote:

�� Excellent, I like the comparison a lot! Thanks!

�� My take is:
�� - Unable to like Source Code Pro 9 (and it's so wide);
�� - Source Sans Pro 9 has spacing issues (16r, the r is too close) and
�� reading issues (it's the worse for the lL|i characters)
�� - Source sans Pro 10 is better than 9 (but what with the 2x space?)

�� Overall, I'd stay with DejaVu Sans 9 based on this sample. In my
�� opinion, the best compromise density / readability.

�� Thierry

�� Le 16/10/2013 19:56, btc@openinworld.com
�� <mailto:btc@openinworld.com> a ��crit :

�� Goubier Thierry wrote:

�� I'd be more impressed if the argument was helping me distinguish
�� between | and l.

�� Yes. It is designed to do that. Some common failings of
�� monospaced fonts
�� are noted [1] and dealt with. There comment section is also
�� interesting.

�� The attached PDFs are the result of getting the urge to compare
�� a broad
�� coverage of code examples (taken from "Terse Guide to Squeak")
�� against
�� three fonts:
�� * DejaVu Sans 9 point
�� * Source Code Pro [1] [2] 9 point
�� * Source Sans Pro [3] [4] 9 point & 10 point, since the width of
�� 10 was
�� the same as the others at 9.
�� Also attached is the source excel file.

�� cheers -ben

�� [1]
�� http://blogs.adobe.com/__typblography/2012/09/source-__code-pro.html
�� <http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.html>
�� [2]
�� http://sourceforge.net/__projects/sourcecodepro.adobe/__files/
�� <http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcecodepro.adobe/files/>
�� [3]
�� http://blogs.adobe.com/__typblography/2012/08/source-__sans-pro.html
�� <http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/08/source-sans-pro.html>
�� [4]
�� http://sourceforge.net/__projects/sourcesans.adobe/__postdownload?source=dlp

�� <http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcesans.adobe/postdownload?source=dlp>

�� I'l let you try, then :)

�� Thierry

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