Make some characters more prominent

[ghost]

Hello Developers,

For comparison, I use Input: http://input.fontbureau.com/download/

These characters in Input are more prominent than Source Code Pro's:

^`,~+-*#'"

May I ask if you could consider updating Source Code Pro, to make those characters much more prominent, like in Input?

Thank you,

[pauldhunt]

@ghost Do you mind posting an image comparing the characters in question from Input & SCP? Thanks.

[ghost]

@pauldhunt

First I wan to I apologize. I was the one who filed this issue. For personal reason I don't keep github account for long. I am very sorry for that, I never meant to be rude. I've used your fonts (Source Sans/Source Code) for years and I like them a lot. I want to thank you, very much, for your hard work.

Input states that it's free for personal use only. I don't buy a commercial license. But I think just some screenshots for this issue might not be bad.

I'm attaching screenshots:

• Input Mono Regular, 70px:

  

• Source Code Pro Regular, 70px:

  

[polarathene]

I prefer the current characters in Source Code Pro personally. Some of the changes you're requesting look you'd get an alright result with a heavier/larger font-weight, others lose their form or aesthetic(~ needs to be vertically stretched, * thickens outwards and adds an extra spoke changing it's design quite a bit to one I don't personally like).

Modern fonts seem to be able to offer "stylistic set" variants, so perhaps that works? Ioveska seems to do that. Input that you reference also has a way to customize the font upon download from their site. Not sure how feasible either of those are to setup.

[mi-na-bot]

Programming in languages that are especially dense with symbols, the bolder styles might actually be overwhelming. Having the * not vertically centered with + and - would literally drive me crazy.

[pauldhunt]

I’ll bump the size of these for the next update.

[polarathene]

@pauldhunt Just to clarify, there's only one user here requesting this in the issue, no additional upvotes on it, so I'm not sure if it's a heavily desired change.

Doing so may just make an opposing issue pop up, if you wanted to cater to both, then a stylistic set/variant like Ioveska and Input seem to offer might work?

[pauldhunt]

@polarathene I think there’s room to comfortably make the size/appearance of these characters a bit more prominent. I’m currently testing things out on my side and already appreciating having some of these redesigned in a way to make them more legible at smaller sizes.