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Recursive Sans & Mono is a variable type family built for better code & UI. It is inspired by casual script signpainting, but designed primarily to meet the needs of programming environments and application interfaces. From Renato Aguiar; thanks! ok op@
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Recursive Sans & Mono is a variable type family built for better code & UI.
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It is inspired by casual script signpainting, but designed primarily to meet
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the needs of programming environments and application interfaces.
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In programming, "recursion" is when a function calls itself, using its own
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output as an input to yield powerful results. Recursive Mono was used as a
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tool to help build itself: it was used to write Python scripts to automate
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type production work and to generate specimen images, and it was used in
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HTML, CSS, and JS to create web-based proofs & prototypes. Through this
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active usage, Recursive Mono was crafted to be both fun to look at as well
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as deeply useful for all-day work.
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Recursive Sans borrows glyphs from its parent mono but adjusts the widths of
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many key glyphs for comfortable readability. Its metrics are superplexed --
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every style takes up the exact same horizontal space, across all styles. In
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this 3-axis variable font, this allows for fluid transitions between weight,
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slant, and "expression" (casual to strict letterforms), all without text
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shifts or layout reflow. Not only does this allow for new interactive
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possibilities in UI, but it also makes for a uniquely fun typesetting
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experience.
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