[CQ-Contest] "Hack" open-source typeface (good for Hams)

[Charles Harpole]

Sorry, but no SLASH /, no good.   The little dot in the center of the zero
is easily smudged and mistaken.  Military mills knew best.   Slash is still
best.
Charly //////

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Steve Sacco NN4X <nn4x at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> I've always liked typefaces, and am always on the lookout for ones which
> might be put to good use in Amateur Radio.
>
> I came across this one earlier today, named "Hack".   I've quoted a
> description of its strengths, below, but also should add that it uses a
> "zero" character which is highly differentiated from a capital "O", which
> is great for us, obviously.
>
> [ QUOTE ]
> Hack is characterized by a large x-height, wide aperture, and low contrast
> design in order to be "highly legible" at common coding text sizes. Its
> "sweet spot runs in the 8px-12px range on modern desktop and laptop
> monitors," Simpkins writes on GitHub. "Combine it with an HD monitor and
> you can comfortably work at 6 or 7px sizes." As seen in the image above,
> there's a heavier semi-bold weight in the regular font, and strategic
> serifs eliminate large gaps on each side of narrow characters. As Simpkins
> notes on the SourceFoundry site, this helps to distinguish glyphs like the
> lowercase l and number 1 at small text sizes.
>
> [ /QUOTE ]
>
> [ LINK TO ABOVE ]
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/open-source-typeface-hack-brings-design-to-source-code/
>
>
> I've downloaded it to my Windows PC, and it looks very good, so I thought
> I'd pass it along.
>
>
> [ LINK TO FONT ] http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/
>
>
> --
> 73,
> Steve Sacco
> NN4X
> Narcoossee, FL
> EL98jh
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Charly, HS0ZCW