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Numderline: OpenType Ligatures for Number Clarity for 4+ digits

3 pointsby leonim4 months ago

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leonim4 months ago
This works great with terminals that can handle ligatures. I&#x27;ve used it with Kitty and recently tried it with Ghostty. The author shows several different examples using the fonts to make groups of 3 digits within larger numbers easier to read by adding underlines, grouping numbers closer, bolding numbers, and adding virtual commas. I say the commas are virtual since they are only visible by the font rendering, if you were to copy and paste the numbers the commas would not be included.<p>The author provides a font patching tool, however mentions that it does not preserve existing ligatures.<p>This font can be useful when looking at large numbers. I&#x27;ve used it with successfully with Visidata in sheets with large numbers.