Mono: Parens and braces are difficult to distinguish at small sizes
codeman38 opened this issue · 3 comments
codeman38 commented
In Overpass Mono, the curly brace glyphs have an extremely rounded curve, and the 'pinch' of the curve is very subtle. Because of this, they're very difficult to distinguish from parentheses at a glance, especially at smaller font sizes.
See, for instance, this comparison (9pt, 120dpi) between Overpass and three other popular open-source monospace fonts, and note how the middle of the curve is much more pointed in the other fonts:
[edit: updated with correct font size/DPI used for the sample]
Andyfitz commented
They look very distinct to me... more so on my system also
davelab6 commented
Sometimes this is resolved by having the curly braces a little taller
…On Jan 11, 2017 3:19 PM, "Andy Fitzsimon" ***@***.***> wrote:
They look very distinct to me... more so on my system also
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Andyfitz commented
yeah I had considered that but I like the vertical parity and think Dave and Delve did too. will resolve as a #wontfix