Parchment is now available.

[vatvslpr@c.im]

@vtrlx
I'm surprised you chose to default to using a proportional font if code editing is an intended use case. I have a feeling I'm not going to be the only one who asks. Do you have a FAQ or something where you explain your design choices?

[codebuzz@indieweb.social]

@vtrlx Looks interesting. One thing though, it shows a screen with a tab with a Markdown file, but I can't read anywhere if it supports Markdown and if so, in what capacity.

I'm curious if it does, that would make me want to try it out.

[vtrlx@mastodon.social]

@VATVSLPR FAQ is something I've considered, yes. I'll probably do so sooner than later, but to summarize the many reasons to prefer proportional over monospace for code: I believe monospace is a distraction.

FWIW, when I use Parchment (for most of my programming and all of my writing), I use the system default sans-serif font. That is how I expect most users to use it as well.

[vtrlx@mastodon.social]

@lerothas Parchment is primarily focused on presenting text with proportional type, and nearly every other choice I made with the app is in service of that goal.

[souzsa@bolha.us]

@vtrlx I liked that it has almost no input latency. Maybe the most responsive adwaita app I've used

[hipsterelectron@circumstances.run]

@vtrlx i continue to find every one of your design decisions surprising and compelling

[hipsterelectron@circumstances.run]

@vtrlx @VATVSLPR i also find the argument that monospace is ascii-centric to be compelling

[vtrlx@mastodon.social]

@hipsterelectron I could probably talk for hours about all the subtle choices I made in the app. Some were spur-of-the-moment tweaks that stuck because they felt good, some were extremely deliberate choices that I had made before writing the first line of code.

[gureito@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@vtrlx @VATVSLPR it's about time i give it a try on using proportional fonts again for coding. just realized that coincidentally, the last time i really had fun writing code was using the Leo Editor and it *was* setup that way anyway, the editor looks great ^_^

[loremipsum@s.cafe]

@vtrlx cool