Monaspace has a feature called "texture healing" that does something similar: it allows bigger letters to "steal" space from adjascent smaller letters, to make it easier to read. The result is that the letters are still in a grid, while still allowing for bigger letters to "breathe".
replyhttps://github.com/githubnext/monaspace/blob/main/docs/Textu...
It's the main reason I use monaspace as a font.
I'm open to trying it, but my gosh, having one 'w' offset slightly by a few pixels from the one right above it feels like it would drive me bonkers eventually.
replyAnd: doesn't this result in text that "jumps around" as you type?
What a brilliant idea, neat. Thanks for the link.
replyiA Writer has Mono, Duo and Quattro fonts, with the latter two being almost monospaced. They concede some size variations for specific characters (Duo has 150% width characters, Quattro also uses 50% and 75% for narrow characters).
replyIt's a fun subtle adaptation to keep close to the typewriter-like experience of the app.
Shifting a letter left or right a bit can break the grid. What if the user writes the text that keeps triggering left shifts? A better solution is to use ligatures, so that specific character combinations look better while the ligature can maintain the overall width correctly.
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