Old Timey Code and Old Timey Mono Fonts(github.com) |
Old Timey Code and Old Timey Mono Fonts(github.com) |
I thought its features would make it the basis of a good coding font, too. Old Timey Mono is much closer to the original while Old Timey Code makes it an even better typeface for writing source code.
It was the coding font used in the Turbo Pascal 3.0 user manual. I've not seen it elsewhere except old patents' cover pages.
Enjoy and if you have any comments or questions, comment or enquire away.
What is it that makes slashed zeroes so nuch more appealing than the other kinds of "zeroes"? Slashed zeroes are definitely much better than those nasty dotted inverse donut zeroes
How does a dot in a zero even make any kinda logical sense? It's like a piece of dough floating in midair in the center of a donut
Dotted zeroes [insert copypasta] bad
I don't even know why I'm so obsessed with the slash in zeroes
Old Timey Code fixes both of these-- it has a slashed zero and redraws the number 1 to be distinct (angles the top serif).
and having said that, forget authenticity, I really appreciate typefaces that make an effort to distinguish all characters.
Might I make a few specific suggestions:
- allow combining breve over Latin y as well: sometimes that's handy for indicating contrast
- check the height of stacking diacritical marks: a perispomenos tonos or circumflex accent over a breathing mark over a vowel (like in εἶναι eĩnai) ends up stacking up tall enough to intersect with descenders (like on ζ zeta) from the line above
- the circumflex over alpha (ᾶ) looks really good, because it follows the curve of the alpha itself, but circumflex over eta (ῆ) looks off-center, because it left-aligns to the ear on the left of eta. The same could be said for the iota subscript (ᾳῃῳ): it looks great under alpha and omega, but it's a bit awkward under eta because of how far to the left it is.
- have you considered adding a variation for the Porsonic or single-curve circumflex?
Are you seeing the combining breve to the right of the Y/y (instead of atop it) when trying to use them?
Your suggestions are welcome, thank you!
Old Timey Code is the coding friendly font.
I'm aiming for both.
\usepackage{mathspec} \setallmainfonts(Digits,Latin){Old Timey Mono}
\begin{document}
Just test some equation \begin{equation} \frac{e^x}{2-x} = \int_0^\infty f(x)dx \end{equation}
\end{document}
Dutch is also not supported. Presumbly no support for the 'ij' digraph. But do you even need that in a monospace font? Admittedly old Dutch typewriters used to have a single character for it, but that's really old-timey.
IMH(and no design school)O when the character is oblong and the dot is a circle, it creates a similar contrast to the straight slash through an ellipse, but with less visual weight.