Tried out the new Intel programmer font. I've long been a Consolas stan, but always interested to see if a new entry in the field will impress me.

Overall impression: some interesting design choices. I do like the angular design of the numbers. Overall it feels more 'spiky' than Consolas.

Metrics-wise it's definitely too wide for my tastes. Vertical spacing is more compact than Consolas at equal line heights, which makes it harder to parse walls of text. (Image below is a wall of log text with IntelOne on top and Consolas on the bottom at my preferred line height.)

Don't think I'll be using it myself, but always nice to have options.

github.com/intel/intel-one-mon

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@aaronsgiles Maybe it's just the DOS die-hard in me, but I find it difficult to use a "programming" font without serifs. Rather enjoy using Iosevka Curly Slab for that reason - if I'm not using some replica of the old IBM BIOS font.

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