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Monaspice look always bold #1433
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@Finii Thanks for moving the issue. |
So yes, Monaspace Regular seams to be slightly heavier than FiraCode Regular. |
I guess you mean to say that this is indeed expected. First impression was that it seems broken, but maybe this really is how it's supposed to look. I guess it's an issue with Monaspace itself. |
We patch these:
But there are also
Maybe try the Light weight from https://github.com/githubnext/monaspace/tree/main/fonts/otf. |
But of course using |
Using VS Codium with I just went through a bunch of other fonts to compare to and it seems Monaspace is just a heavier font by default. Interestingly, it's also heavier compared to what https://monaspace.githubnext.com/ shows. Here are some screenshots comparing the font in VS Code (newly downloaded zip, only font changed) to the font as seen on the Monaspace site using Firefox. Side-by-side: Overlaid: |
Inspecting the This is either indicative of some issue, or it's as simple as the web designer decided to use a lighter font weight for the showcase. Either way, I guess it helped give me the impression that the font was unusually heavy once installed. |
+1 to adding the Light weight to the font |
Ok, I ll add this now but will come only on next release. Can put the prepatched archive here if that helps?
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+1 to adding the Light weight to the font
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I'd be interested to see the result. |
Fixes: #1433 Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <[email protected]>
Monaspace_only_Light.tar.xz.zip This is just the |
Thanks @Finii. It is less heavy, only marginally, but it is better. Here's MonaspiceNe NFM I think (Whilst comparing fonts, I've had to change font size +/- 2 to keep them roughly the same size, not sure how much of a role that plays in my tests. Maybe it would've been better to vary the line spacing instead.) |
I just wanted to mention that the weight unit (100-900) is arbitrary units. Although there are 'suggestions' it is not a measure in any way. One person's fatal error is another person's most common case ;-) |
Hmm. Not that knowledgeable about fonts so this is the testing methodology I came up with. With NF fonts I don't think we can specify something like So, I just compared As for the official ExtraLight at To my eyes, this looks closest to what I'd expect Regular to be, although your patched NFM Light is quite close too, but still looks like it's more on the side of Bold than Regular. It's minor I guess. |
Just had to laugh so hard ;-) |
Fixes: ryanoasis#1433 Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow <[email protected]>
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Is it just me or does Monaspice look like it's always emboldened?
(Monaspice on the left with FiraCode for comparison):
I downloaded Monaspice via the scoop-nerd-fonts Scoop bucket. Haven't used the official non-patched Monaspace so I can't say if this is expected.
The Monaspice font used is
MonaspiceNe NFM
.Originally posted by @redactedscribe in #1403 (comment)
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