Use a monospaced font

[rumblesan]

If we used a monospace font then it would mean that successive lines of code line up. It could be really useful for audio patterns and the like.

[davidedc]

I did consider some monospaced fonts before picking our current font (Maven Pro) but they didn't fit from a style perspective and I thought it wasn't a big deal.

But I think we might have a "theming" discussion soon - I see at least four main styles:

• "from the future" style which is what we have now in the environment. Sort of slick.
• "playful" style, which is the one of the website. Primary colors and Google-like whitespace.
• "cutsie", which could be cool for kids. The turtle would look like a turtle, and the font could be comic sans. Because kids want ponies. What the heck I might want ponies too.
• "high-tech" which would be "terminal from the 70s" colours, monospaced fonts and vi bindings.

We could start with a "themes" menu or a "gear/settings" menu where one could choose theme...

[rumblesan]

So I have actually been thinking about something along those lines. Though
actually less about style and more about features. So there's a beginner
mode for learning and teaching, but also a 'high performance' mode, where
more stuff is turned on.

Agree that it would be worth while having a discussion around this sort of
stuff

Guy
On 21 Jun 2015 16:52, "Davide Della Casa" [email protected] wrote:

I did consider some monospaced fonts before picking our current font
(Maven Pro) but they didn't fit from a style perspective and I thought it
wasn't a big deal.

But I think we might have a "theming" discussion soon - I see at least
four main styles:

• "from the future" style which is what we have now in the
  environment. Sort of slick.
• "playful" style, which is the one of the website. Primary colors and
  Google-like whitespace.
• "cutsie", which could be cool for kids. The turtle would look like a
  turtle, and the font could be comic sans. Because kids want ponies. What
  the heck I might want ponies too.
• "high-tech" which would be "terminal from the 70s" colours,
  monospaced fonts and vi bindings.

We could start with a "themes" menu or a "gear/settings" menu where one
could choose theme...

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