adobe-fonts / adobe-fonts/source-code-pro

Improve readability of tilde and "almost equals" sign

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Description

# Problem

**When using Source Code Pro, the readability of the tilde symbol (`~`) suffers at 11px on a 102ppi screen, as shown below. Example is the classic Bash prompt.**

![ScpBash](https://i.gyazo.com/eebffb7fe4ea690b320e98031e513cb8.png "Somewhat fuzzy.")

Here is the tilde symbol in relation to its _character space_: (I apologize for my amateur terminology here)

![ScpTildeChar](https://i.gyazo.com/9011b2a94db92be6f93b8ee65c8c4946.png "Does not use much of it.")

**I think the both the tilde and the "almost equals" sign (`≈`) lack sufficient curvature to be readable in the situation I described above.**

# Examples of Solutions

Several other programming fonts have taken special approaches to designing the tilde symbol. Some are Input, Hack, and Iosevka. Screenshots of their designs are shown below:

![InputTilde](https://i.gyazo.com/f7fd1ec44347d76b96fbfa5ffbc1449c.png "I find this a tad extreme.")
![HackTilde](https://i.gyazo.com/4b2674add96f95ba8a7b6f55e20aea8d.png "This was modified from Bitstream Vera Sans Mono to be more readable.")
![IosevkaTilde](https://i.gyazo.com/7d779fa9ab338183f3f58e0c324d1547.png "Still a bit unreadable at small sizes.")

Here is the same Bash prompt in Hack:

![HackBash](https://i.gyazo.com/6a23ea1f28cf32dabf0cd0171c116e4a.png)

# Solution

**In order to fix this issue, I propose an exaggeration of curvature in both `~` and `≈`.** I personally prefer _Hack_'s tilde the best.

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