Programmer's Font [2004]

This is so awful to look at I can't even comprehend.<p>Maybe in 2004 screen real estate was at a premium, but a lot of developers I know now have at least two high resolution monitors, if not a single ultra high (2560x1200) resolution monitor. I'd gladly take the standard monospaced fonts any day.

I'm tempted to start using this just for the novelty factor. Anyone glancing over your shoulder will probably assume you're an alien.<p><a href="http://imgur.com/xktPl.png" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/xktPl.png</a>

"We need to re-engineer the alphabet so that it will be clear at extremely small sizes."<p>No. We don't.

One fairly large readability issue is the lack of a "coastline" along the tops of the letters. It's like typing in all caps.

Open <a href="http://i.imgur.com/xktPl.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/xktPl.png</a> in your browser and zoom out.<p>Frankly, I don't see advantage over the common alphabet, even when considering this problem that nobody actually has.

Leaving aside the fact that there's no chance of everyone adopting a new alphabet to solve a problem that doesn't really exist, I don't like the filled-in parts of letters (G, W and M). They look too unusual in a string of text and would be too hard to write on paper.

Show the font in a very small size.