This actually was helpful. Some constructive feedback, the code sample only had mixed-case/capital letters in the "font-family" value. It would be better to use a code sample that had more mixed-case. I also like the idea others have suggested of hiding the real font names.
Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
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Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you heard about the 'Comic Mono' font? https://github.com/dtinth/comic-mono-font
I use "comic code" as my daily driver monospace font as it's good for dyslexia having unique characters for like "d" and "b" that aren't mirrored reflections. I always get a comment on the font when I screenshare... https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
Another font with dyslexia in mind: OpenDyslexic
https://opendyslexic.org/
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#113Ok, so Fira Code won hands down for me and I decided to compare it to the font I'm using today (DejaVu Sans Mono) before switching… And I actually like DejaVu Sans Mono better (among other things because it doesn't do ligatures that make => indistinguishable from ⇒). Too bad it's missing from the game because otherwise it really got it right! I love both the concept and the execution!
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#114Ok, so Fira Code won hands down for me and I decided to compare it to the font I'm using today (DejaVu Sans Mono) before switching… And I actually like DejaVu Sans Mono better (among other things because it doesn't do ligatures that make => indistinguishable from ⇒). Too bad it's missing from the game because otherwise it really got it right! I love both the concept and the execution!
Interesting, I ended up with Fira Mono and my current font is also DejaVu Sans Mono which I also like better. The @ sign does it for me.
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#115Really nice work! My girlfriend said she would like to change colors as well, so adding a few themes could be a feature request.
But really cool idea :)
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#116Great idea! But some of the fonts presented looked absolutely identical to me and I picked a winner at random :/
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#117I like the idea. Some thoughts: - Center the code samples on the page. So that your not unintentionally one over the other due to differences in viewing angle and vision ability. - Make all the fonts equal in height regardless of font point. Knee jerk reaction will be to go with the font that is closest to a persons normal preference. - Hide Font names and size/points. - Light theme and other color options. - Other p…
A couple more suggestions:
- Option to lock scrolling so they both scroll at the same time.
- Button to flip them in place to help see the differences.
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#118I ran through this contest, picked a winner, downloaded that font and installed it in VSCodium…and very quickly switched back to the font I was previously using, which was also a contestant here! I guess I like different things when I'm reading syntax than when I'm comparing glyphs.
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing like some good ol' Comic Sans in the world's best IDE: Microsoft Word. Also all spaces are now Unicode spaces.
No joke: my 70-something IBM veteran C++ class teacher in high school used Comic Sans in Visual Studio. Every time he shared his screen on the projector me and my buddy chuckled. He was so literal that it was either really good dry humor, or the dude genuinely liked coding in Comic Sans.
Maybe he had dyslexia and had worked out what is now relatively better-known, that Comic Sans is actually really readable for people with dyslexia-spectrum issues.
Re: Show HN: Coding Font – A game to find your favorite coding font
#120This worked well on iOS Safari. Nice job! At the end I wanted to know the distribution of other users’ preferences.