Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by nikanj » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:11 PM UTC

My default font is ”whatever they have selected as default”. I’m not nearly competent enough as an UI designer to pick better fonts than the person working for Apple / Microsoft / Jetbrains. I trust their judgement.

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by ledgerdev » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

kirbyfan64sos wrote: post #14

JetBrains Mono! Used to use Roboto Mono, because I liked how close it was to a standard sans-serif font, but JB Mono is similarly spaced and has the advantage of built-in ligatures and such.

Wow JBM is very nice, love ligatures and it's so easy to read. Thanks for mentioning it.

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by sweettea » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:15 PM UTC

Verily Serif Mono (plus a few modifications). I find serif fonts much easier to read, and this one is the most non-monospace-like font I've ever found. (I've modified it to have a visually heavier semicolon and a visually lighter underscore, so my code is easier to read.)

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by prirun » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:17 PM UTC

My eyesight isn't so hot because of chronic shingles in my left eye. On a 13" 2015 MBP: SF Mono Medium 18pt, antialias disabled, Use bold fonts enabled. Light beige text on a chalkboard green background. Character spacing .911, line spacing 1. Took a bit of experimenting to settle on this but has been great.

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by zabil » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:17 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #16

Terminal: Courier Xcode (Code editor): Victor Mono Regular (Heard about it here): https://rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/

I use Victor Mono too. I like the compact spacing in this font. It works well when I increase my editor font size when sharing screen with my colleagues.

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by amelius » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:18 PM UTC

Iosevka Term Regular

https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by ericbarrett » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:18 PM UTC

For VS Code: FiraCode with ligatures enabled (yes I'm one of those weirdos)

For the terminal: Inconsolata.

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by jart » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:19 PM UTC

Pragmata Pro

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by BaudouinVH » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:21 PM UTC

B 612 because it was designed for the cockpit of Airbus planes. Would feel even better if it wasn't a google font.

Re: Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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Post by usr1106 » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

throwingrocks wrote: post #32

usr1106 wrote: post #28

I used to spend a lot of time fiddling with visual properties of my desktop in the past. Nowadays I just install Xubuntu, add i3 and mostly use it as it is. So the terminal happens to be white on black and the Emacs black on white. I don't think about it, but apply the rule they give for healthier sitting: The next position is the healthiest one (meaning switch often). I don't even know whether my terminal and my Ema…

So which font do you use?

I wrote I don't know. Whatever was there by the installation procedure described. (I am at sick leave at the moment. The PC is off not to hinder recovery. The phone is on to raise the feeling...).