Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by cpach » Wed, May 26, 2021, 8:09 PM UTC

cpach wrote: post #5

https://beautifulwebtype.com/

I’ll take the liberty to expand on my previous answer:

I’m a sucker for classic typefaces. E.g. Garamond, Goudy Old Style, New Century Schoolbook. My favourite sans-serif is Helvetica.

Miller by Carter et al is a nice serif that’s a little more recent.

Publico looks good for headings.

Two nice open source typefaces are Noto Serif and PT Serif.

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by cpach » Wed, May 26, 2021, 8:11 PM UTC

37ef_ced3 wrote: post #8

Since 2017 I have used the Go (Golang) Monospace TrueType fonts: https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts They are clear, unambiguous, and pleasing to the eye!

Nice. Reminds me of fonts that used to be available in the X Window System.

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by cpach » Wed, May 26, 2021, 8:13 PM UTC

recov wrote: post #2

There are some listed here - https://computecuter.com/

What a lovely site :)

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by zingplex » Wed, May 26, 2021, 8:32 PM UTC

Not open source or free but I find PragmataPro [0] to be absolutely gorgeous. Iosevka comes close but I don't think it'll ever be able to bridge the gap for me.

[0] https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by khaledh » Wed, May 26, 2021, 8:39 PM UTC

JetBrains Mono: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by twobitshifter » Wed, May 26, 2021, 9:16 PM UTC

zingplex wrote: post #14

Not open source or free but I find PragmataPro [0] to be absolutely gorgeous. Iosevka comes close but I don't think it'll ever be able to bridge the gap for me. [0] https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

I also recommend iosevka as a great free font for development work with many available variations.

https://typeof.net/Iosevka/

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by lencastre » Wed, May 26, 2021, 9:26 PM UTC

Cambria.

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by CiceroCiceronis » Wed, May 26, 2021, 9:40 PM UTC

For sans fonts I have always enjoyed Avenir.

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by mgradowski » Wed, May 26, 2021, 10:19 PM UTC

Source Serif Pro is my Google Docs workhorse .

Re: Ask HN: Show me some most beautiful fonts

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Post by SirensOfTitan » Wed, May 26, 2021, 11:33 PM UTC

zingplex wrote: post #14

Not open source or free but I find PragmataPro [0] to be absolutely gorgeous. Iosevka comes close but I don't think it'll ever be able to bridge the gap for me. [0] https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

What makes you like Pragmata Pro better? Do you think it's almost $250 dollars better than Iosevka?

Great fonts bring me a lot of joy, but Pragmata Pro always felt fairly ridiculously priced to me. I know the author put a lot of time into it, but 99% of the font's features are irrelevant to me (I'll never use Hebrew, for instance, or even the non-mono version of the font).