add comparison

README.md

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 |  **HTML**     |  <img  src="images/HTML_light.png"     width="500">  |  <img  src="images/HTML_dark.png"     width="500">  |
 |  **SQL**      |  <img  src="images/SQL_light.png"      width="500">  |  <img  src="images/SQL_dark.png"      width="500">  |
 
+Here is a comparison of popular glyph combinations in Myna with other popular non-ligature monospace fonts. Note that these are fonts which don't use ligatures. More smooth looks can be achieved using ligatured fonts (at the cost of some minor inconveniences while installing and typing).
+
+<img alt="comparison" src="images/comp.png"></img>
+
 ## Installation
 ### Linux
 ```bash

mkhero

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-offsets=(50)
-for ((i=1; i<=9; i++)); do
-  offsets+=($((offsets[i - 1] + 150)))
-done;
-
-magick \
-    -size 2000x1700 xc:"#1A1A1A" \
-    -font "Myna" \
-    -strokewidth 1.2 \
-    -gravity north \
-    -fill  "yellow"         -stroke  "yellow"         -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[0]}   "MYNA"                          \
-    -fill  "cyan"           -stroke  "cyan"           -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[1]}   "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"    \
-    -fill  "violet"         -stroke  "violet"         -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[2]}   "0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"           \
-    -fill  "hotpink"        -stroke  "hotpink"        -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[3]}   "[] {} () <> | \\\ ? ! #"       \
-    -fill  "cyan"           -stroke  "cyan"           -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[4]}   "\` ' \" , . ; : ~ ^ _"         \
-    -fill  "springgreen"    -stroke  "springgreen"    -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[5]}   "+ - = ++ -- += -= == !="       \
-    -fill  "aqua"           -stroke  "aqua"           -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[6]}   "\$s @a \%h &f *x =~"           \
-    -fill  "violet"         -stroke  "violet"         -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[7]}   ":: -> => <$> >>= ^. \%~"       \
-    -fill  "coral"          -stroke  "coral"          -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[8]}   "$ £ € ¥ ₹ ₽"                   \
-    -fill  "limegreen"      -stroke  "limegreen"      -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[9]}  "0 O o | 1 l I | \` ' \" | Z 2"  $1

scripts/mkhero

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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+my $text = [
+  {"col" => "yellow",       "pos" => 100,  "string" => 'MYNA'},
+  {"col" => "cyan",         "pos" => 300,  "string" => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet'},
+  {"col" => "violet",       "pos" => 500,  "string" => '0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'},
+  {"col" => "hotpink",      "pos" => 700,  "string" => '[] {} () <> | \\\ ? ! #'},
+  {"col" => "cyan",         "pos" => 900,  "string" => '\` \' \" , . ; : ~ ^ _'},
+  {"col" => "springgreen",  "pos" => 1100,  "string" => '+ - = ++ -- += -= == !='},
+  {"col" => "aqua",         "pos" => 1300, "string" => '\$s @a \%h &f *x =~'},
+  {"col" => "violet",       "pos" => 1500, "string" => ':: -> => <$> >>= ^. \%~'},
+  {"col" => "coral",        "pos" => 1700, "string" => '$ £ € ¥ ₹ ₽'},
+  {"col" => "limegreen",    "pos" => 1900, "string" => '0 O o | 1 l I | \` \' \" | Z 2'}
+];
+
+system(join(' ',
+  "magick",
+  "-size 2000x2200 xc:\"#1A1A1A\" -gravity north -pointsize 128 -font Myna -strokewidth 1.2",
+  (map { "-fill $_->{col} -stroke $_->{col} -annotate +0+$_->{pos} \"$_->{string}\"" } $text->@*),
+  $ARGV[0]
+))