Meh, not my type

[sxan@midwest.social]

And Jeeves & Wooster, and Poirot.

Poirot is obviously the inspiration here, in style and name.

[sxan@midwest.social]

I really love the numbers, though.

I've discovered that it's a horrible screen font, though: far too spindly to be easily readable. I still use it, but I have to make it larger than usual and bold, and it's still a little hard to make out sometimes.

Oh, what we sacrifice for aesthetics.

[pyre@lemmy.world]

idk what you mean by universal; this is a typographical choice. the only reason you see more uppercase numbers everywhere is because of typewriters and by extension computers. I don't think people make a point of lining numbers up with cap height in handwriting.

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

You might enjoy Futura, the ITC Avant Garde Gothic family, or Century Gothic...

[rustydrd@sh.itjust.works]

FWIW, these are "old style" numerals, and there are also versions of Fira Sans with "tabular" numerals that are all the same height (e.g., in LaTeX, you can pick either one).

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

Sure, but we use Papyrus, not Comic Sans.

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

Grotesque.

[therealkuni@lemmy.world]

I like Ubuntu Mono but I’ll admit it’s a bit flashy for a code font.

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

Yes, it's grotesque.

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

Eh, just a cheap Helvetica clone.

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

Nice find, thanks!

[nelots@lemm.ee]

0 seems a bit too indistinguishable from O, but otherwise I'm also a big fan of the numbers.

[fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

?

[nelots@lemm.ee]

I love Century Gothic and most of Futura, though I'm not sure how I feel about Futura's lowercase j.

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

I didn't say it was a well made cheap Helvetica clone. ‍️

[powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de]

Any Inter fans?

[leftzero@lemmynsfw.com]

I'm not sure how I feel about Futura's lowercase j

Gets the job done, with minimal effort.

[komfortableskissen@discuss.tchncs.de]

They did, in fact, nail it.

[tiefkuehlkost@feddit.org]

But we are speaking about a Computer Font right now, idk what that has to do with handwriting and who cares about handwriting in 2024. With universal i mean that any kind of number should look god, no matter if its a Telefon Number, a Price or a Street Number.

[gmtom@lemmy.world]

The subtle kerning of it, the tasteful thickness of it, my god it's even got serifs.