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The intersection of coding and fonts (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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How to Design a Font From Scratch

Nikita is the creator of Fira Code, an open-source font for Haskell. He says he started by drawing vector forms and then adding ligatures on top to them. Nikita: "I have to draw all the vector forms myself"

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