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rootlocus • today at 6:30 AM • 9 replies • view on HN

It's 99% JetBrains Mono from my quick comparison. I can barely see the difference except for $&# and a few others.

LE: Ok, so it's a little more different that JetBrains Mono as this comparison shows https://claude.ai/artifact/HPiALZ7AZ2f5FxSZtcTdNa


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lukeify • today at 8:49 AM

Setting aside the other ways AI is upending society, I absolutely love how we can all share and build on simple artifacts and micro-apps now that can be built entirely from our brain's vision expressed in plain English.

That's a really fun tool.

GreenWatermelon • today at 11:15 AM

It's not just a little different. it's VERY different. it's much more boxy, and letters are closer in height, especially noticeable in uppercase next to lowercase. I would say it's less readable than Jetbrains Mono.

Lower case 'l' even extends above upper case 'G'. it missed with my brain xD

Overall it's really pretty but not a daily driver.

agilek • today at 1:19 PM

It is like saying Arial is the same as Verdana. These fonts are at a glance similar but different.

tasuki • today at 9:43 AM

Eg the `m` is much different: it has the wonderful short middle descender, taken from Ubuntu Mono.

Your comparison says the `m` is 28% different. It's completely different. I don't know what the 28% is supposed to represent (yes, the difference in the area taken, but that's meaningless).

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Subdivide8452 • today at 8:25 AM

Love the A/B tool. Must say, I'm a bit more charmed by Nordwand, even though I always use Jetbrains.

dgellow • today at 7:37 AM

Your comparison does show a good amount of differences

adrian_b • today at 9:44 AM

I prefer the JetBrains Mono choice for "3", where JetBrains Mono uses the shape that is recommended for writing a "3" that cannot be easily morphed into another digit, like "8".

claiir • today at 8:08 AM

yea you’re right

dtj1123 • today at 6:52 AM

"93% different"

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