Week 6 Lab: Type in the terminal

Week 6 lab, choose a typeface for the place you actually read, and know why

29 March 2027

The lab about the letters you stare at all day.

Before the lab#

Bring your two-font test: one chosen for legibility, one for feel, and a record of which you reached for while reading real code.

In the lab#

We set up a patched font so your icons stop appearing as empty boxes, then read code together at different sizes and rendering settings to see where a font betrays you across machines. You decide, and declare, whether this setup is optimised for reading or for the screenshot.

Afterwards#

You leave with type you chose on purpose, and an honest label for why you chose it.