Via John Gruber’s Daring Fireball
Ars Technica has an article on the font changes Snow Leopard users (well, mostly coders…) will see. Goodbye Monaco, we knew you well…
Font changes coming to Mac OS X Snow Leopard:
Several changes are coming to the way Mac OS X handles fonts with the release of Snow Leopard. The changes likely won’t affect many users, but the Mac has always attracted a number of users who are sticklers about typography. One change, though, signals a sort of end of the line for the veritable Monaco monospaced typeface. …
… If you’re not a developer, the change probably doesn’t mean much to you, but monospaced fonts are particularly important for writing code. Choosing an ideal font for typing code is actually a hot topic of discussion amongst developers, in particular those who develop for Macs. Monaco, especially its 9pt bitmapped variant, has been a long mainstay of Mac development and, until recently, was the default font for Terminal as well as the popular BBEdit editor. …
And bookmark this web page. That’s where on June 16, 2009 you’ll get all the info on the upgrade program to Snow Leopard.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Up-to-Date Program
Mac OS X Snow Leopard refines the elegant Mac OS X user experience with lots of little touches and performance improvements that will make using your Mac even more enjoyable. It also includes a few big foundation technologies designed to tap the power of today’s computer hardware and provide a strong base for innovation. If you purchased a qualifying system or Xserve on or after June 8, 2009 that does not include Mac OS X Snow Leopard, you can upgrade to Mac OS X Snow Leopard for $9.95.*
Edited June 16th 2009:
It might not be a rumour anymore, after all… After all these add-ons in Snow Leopard, it would be easy to make and implement: Snow Leopard features hint at Apple tablet.
