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Feature Request: IBM Plex Mono - Stylistic Set/Character Variant for # symbol #401
To make sure I follow the issue. Is it because of the open center and a pattern that may be visible as result? spacing wise the glyphs fit nicely inside 600 unit widths.
Due to the open center, when there are multiple # signs, it looks a different pattern ||=|| (like an italicized ligature made of || and =) making it a little harder to recognize at first glance. Especially in markdowns as mentioned in another comment - #205 (comment), and also in other languages where # is used for comments.
Please feel free to close this as duplicate, if you would like to continue the discussion on the original issue.
@mjabbink I'd propose the current glyph be made the alternate here. The default glyph should have horizontal bars as # char has in the vast majority of fonts.
Reacted by Subhaditya Nath, Lachie Hughes, Kevin Gibbons and Michael Ficarra
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mjabbink commentedon Jan 21, 2022
To make sure I follow the issue. Is it because of the open center and a pattern that may be visible as result? spacing wise the glyphs fit nicely inside 600 unit widths.
krish-r commentedon Jan 21, 2022
Yeah exactly.
Due to the open center, when there are multiple
#signs, it looks a different pattern||=||(like an italicized ligature made of||and=) making it a little harder to recognize at first glance. Especially in markdowns as mentioned in another comment - #205 (comment), and also in other languages where#is used for comments.Please feel free to close this as duplicate, if you would like to continue the discussion on the original issue.
mjabbink commentedon Jan 21, 2022
A number of our Plex users have brought this up. It’s an easy thing to add as an alternate option in a future update.
@BoldMonday — another item to add to the list!
johnnyshields commentedon Mar 18, 2022
@mjabbink I'd propose the current glyph be made the alternate here. The default glyph should have horizontal bars as # char has in the vast majority of fonts.
bakkot commentedon Sep 19, 2023
Any progress on this? We're adopting this font for the JavaScript specification and this is the only significant painpoint.
BoldMonday commentedon Sep 20, 2023
An update for Plex Mono is scheduled for later this year.
It will include a reworked version of the
#symbol as stylistic alternate.subnut commentedon Jan 29, 2024
Which stylistic set toggles this behaviour?
EDIT: it's
ss06marlun commentedon Jun 11, 2024
Can I build this somewhere without having to set it all up on my own machine?
BoldMonday commentedon Jun 12, 2024
The latest release contains all generated fonts ready to install. No need to build anything yourself.
marlun commentedon Jun 12, 2024
With the different stylistic toggles? Because I want it with the above style changes for #? I couldn't see that.
BoldMonday commentedon Jun 12, 2024
No. In that case you have to modify the fonts yourself.