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Firstly, I like this font. I have already given it a 10.
As you are open to suggestions I thought of a couple of things.
As the font is for programmers, the asterisk could, in my opinion, be improved by making it larger and lower. In programming, an asterisk is often used to indicate multiplication.
For example, y:=a*b; for multiplication.
Please compare this with y:=a+b; for addition, y:=a-b; for subtraction and y:=a/b; for division.
It looks, in my opinion, best when the asterisk is about the same size and at the same level as a plus sign.
So, I suggest that the font could be improved by copying the design used for the plus sign and its width and then adding extra pixels to make a design for an asterisk, without moving any of the pixels copied from the plus sign.
Also, on another matter, I cloned a copy of your font and found that all except the grave character of Basic Latin are included. I cannot recollect ever having used that grave character in programming, but I have a vague recollection that it is used in some specialized programming language. It would be better to add it to the font and maybe it would never be used rather than not add it and risk that someone might try to use it and find it not there.
I notice that you state that the font is monospaced. The uppercase and lowercase alphabets are, except for a slight change for j, monospaced. The digits are also monospaced to the same width. However, the punctuation is not monospaced.
Thus, as the font is not totally monospaced, would it be a good idea to make the M, W, m and w slightly wider than true monospaced, though not as wide as an ordinary font, so that it looks more monospaced than an ordinary font but is not totally monospaced? Just a couple of bricks, not a lot of bricks. Maybe have two fonts, one with M, W, m and w monospaced and one with M, W, m and w slightly wider?
Would widening M, W, m and w make the monospaced look of the font go wrong or would widening the M, W, m and w have the font keep a general look of being monospaced yet be more readable?
Another suggestion. It might be a good idea to go to the More Latin page and add characters for the Euro, Cent, Pound and Yen.
I am impressed by this font. I like the way that the basic double quotes character has an italic lean in it.
Great job. I know virtually nothing about programming ... but it sure looks the part :)








