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

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Post by majewsky »

spiffytech wrote: post #60
amelius wrote: post #46

Iosevka Term Regular https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

I love that Iosevka is narrow (fitting more code panes on my screen) yet still makes all the glyphs clearly distinct.

I switched to Iosevka after I started learning Japanese, because the exact 1:2 aspect ratio of Latin characters means that square-shaped CJK characters align perfectly with the monospace grid.

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

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Post by jdknezek »

amelius wrote: post #46

Iosevka Term Regular https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

Iosevka is delightful once you get used to its density. I use a custom build of Iosevka with cues from Atkison Hyperlegible[1] that works really well even at tiny font sizes.

[1]: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont

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

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Post by rvdginste »

I used the Terminus bitmap font until a year ago because I found it really clear and sharp even on small sizes. Since bitmap fonts are not that well supported anymore, I switched to JetBrains Mono for both terminal and IDE. I started using JetBrains Mono in my IDEs as soon as it came out.

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

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Post by leephillips »

spiffytech wrote: post #60
amelius wrote: post #46

Iosevka Term Regular https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

I love that Iosevka is narrow (fitting more code panes on my screen) yet still makes all the glyphs clearly distinct.

Personal thanks: in search of more horizontal space I installed it, and it does the trick nicely. I installed the "fixed" variant because I don’t want ligatures in the terminal.

This is a sophisticated font with many variants, stylistic options, and compendious Unicode coverage.

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

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Post by t0bia_s »

soneca wrote: post #29
t0bia_s wrote: post #4

Iosevka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

Another vote for Iosevka. I learned about it here on HN. It is great because it is narrow but very clear and easy to read (and free). I like narrow because I like to use side-by-side panels in VSCode, so it fits more characters per line for readable font sizes. Incredible font.

I love it even for film subtitles. Easy to read and not too much "technical" as other mono fonts.

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

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Post by wodenokoto »

Super boring answer, but …

On Mac: the Apple one.

On PC: the VS Code one.

They are pleasant to look at. I never have l1I problems and I don’t think ligatures are appropriate in monospace scenarios as I find it quite important for me as a reader of code to know what each individual character is.

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