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In case anyone else was looking to vet the entire character set[1].

{I, l, 1}, {Q, O, 0}, {S, 5}, {Z, 2}...if I have to pause even for a second to find confidence, it won't be in editor. Old school MIL-STD-100 and its modern ASME Y14 equivalent were spot on when they expressly prohibited the use of some of these characters as designators in technical drawings.

> ...using this (beautiful) script typeface for code comments has improved both the quality of tone and frequency of my code annotations — something which I highly value.

Maybe it's just me, but I find it noticeably difficult to parse the italics...suspecting it may have something to do with discontinuity between script characters.

Anyone have an idea who the target market is based on their $200 price point?

[1] http://www.typography.com/fonts/operator/characters/operator...

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