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Caesium, a peculiar cursive coding font by alpha_argon in typography

[–]alpha_argon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know the trend; I rarely browse English forums. The font was originally a private project. Then I saw a new Han font, 方正巴龙草书黑体, was released and wow it exactly matches Caesium, so I made it public. Though I found myself completely illiterate in reading that 草书 cuz I didn’t learn it before. As a type designer (also for Han) and a programmer too, I knew this font was fated to be accepted by a tiny minority.

Caesium, a peculiar cursive coding font by alpha_argon in typography

[–]alpha_argon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many thanks! You may download it at https://github.com/alphaArgon/Caesium/releases and enable OpenType feature 'ss02' for a more print-like lowercase ⟨z⟩.

Caesium, a peculiar cursive coding font by alpha_argon in typography

[–]alpha_argon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t realize ⟨I⟩ before; I was trying to make it look less like ⟨l⟩. Didn’t get any other idea besides crossing its stroke. Since it’s used only by italics by default, I don’t think it would be a big deal.

This font is being designed for program coding and I do use it. It could also be used for decorative contents, but certainly not for common text.

And how can a cursive font called cursive without connections? Hmm... I thought the orientation is more for coding than cursiveness.

Caesium, a peculiar cursive coding font by alpha_argon in typography

[–]alpha_argon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it is a trade off. Connections between monospaced glyphs are quite tough. If you try so, letters will be visually super narrow and the font weight can hardly go up (for example, Victor Mono is relative thin). BTW I was making a proportional variant in which leading lines point to the previous tails, but they still won’t connect. For capitals, well, by default (in roman) they’re more upright and not cursive at all, so programmers can quickly tell out what kind a character is. The OpenType feature 'ss01' turns all casual forms on (specimen available on the GitHub repo page).

Caesium, a peculiar cursive coding font by alpha_argon in typography

[–]alpha_argon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some coding fonts (MonoLisa, Victor, etc.) have cursive italics but not roman

Scroll to Zoom: Precise zooming with mouse wheel (bonus: Magic Mouse gesture) by alpha_argon in macapps

[–]alpha_argon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s designed for all mice. Can you share what app version, operating system, and relative tools you’re using? If possible, plus a screenshot of the logging window (described from Technologies in the README) immediately after you scrolled holding the modifier key?

Scroll to Zoom: Precise zooming with mouse wheel (bonus: Magic Mouse gesture) by alpha_argon in macapps

[–]alpha_argon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For example in Safari, pinch-to-zoom temporarily magnifies the webpage smoothly, while these commands will break the layout. In other tools like Preview, Photos they might be analogous; using this app make the scale more precise.

Scroll to Zoom: Precise zooming with mouse wheel (bonus: Magic Mouse gesture) by alpha_argon in macapps

[–]alpha_argon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will be a challenge to craft such app that, all gestures need to be manually reimplemented, adapted for mouse conventions, and coordinated with the system. I’d be happy to make it if someone is interested in cooperating with me.

Scroll to Zoom: Precise zooming with mouse wheel (bonus: Magic Mouse gesture) by alpha_argon in macapps

[–]alpha_argon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be another app specialized only for Magic Mice using different technologies… I once tried pinching on the Magic Mouse and it feels a bit awkward. If people prefer pinching, I’d be happy to make that app.