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Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by otis_inf »

bberrry wrote: post #13

I desperately want to find a new code font to love but I always return to Consolas.

Same here :) I was a lucida console user for years (and before that Courier) but as I passed 40 my eyes told me it would be better to use something else. Consolas it was, and I have to admit, it's great.

I tried hack, it looked OK (in vs.net) but the 0 (zero) didn't render with the fill-in but open. That of course sucks, as for a programmer a 0 has to be different from O. Perhaps it's something related to vs.net's rendering, not sure.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by ricardobeat »

klausa wrote: post #73

I'm slightly surprised that almost nobody here uses Menlo or Monaco, even though several screenshots in the thread are clearly made on OS X. I'm curious why that's the case. Do people generally dislike the system-provided fonts or are the alternatives considered "better"?

I use Menlo in both the terminal and my editor, and am sure A good portion of of my coworkers use Monaco.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by zxcvcxz »

Gikoskos wrote: post #83

I've never thought about fonts in coding environments before; you guys must be very experienced if you're thinking of stuff like that. This is what my editor(Kate) looks like, is this a good font or a bad font? http://i.imgur.com/QtP1csu.jpg

Your font is fine. Use whatever you like. Main thing I look for is fonts that differentiate between things like 0Oo and lI1. I prefer open source fonts too. Just don't use a non-monospaced font.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by zanny »

Gikoskos wrote: post #83

I've never thought about fonts in coding environments before; you guys must be very experienced if you're thinking of stuff like that. This is what my editor(Kate) looks like, is this a good font or a bad font? http://i.imgur.com/QtP1csu.jpg

You grab a bunch of fonts, try all the monospace ones, find one you like, and go with it.

I use Liberation Mono everywhere. You might want to give Oxygen-Mono a shot just for kicks since its the "kde" font, but having used both I still like my Liberation.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by dvirsky »

Gikoskos wrote: post #83

I've never thought about fonts in coding environments before; you guys must be very experienced if you're thinking of stuff like that. This is what my editor(Kate) looks like, is this a good font or a bad font? http://i.imgur.com/QtP1csu.jpg

You can get used to any font, and it is after all a matter of taste. I have preference but it's totally personal and might just be a habit. Whatever works, you know.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by MengerSponge »

zxcvcxz wrote: post #84
Gikoskos wrote: post #83

I've never thought about fonts in coding environments before; you guys must be very experienced if you're thinking of stuff like that. This is what my editor(Kate) looks like, is this a good font or a bad font? http://i.imgur.com/QtP1csu.jpg

Your font is fine. Use whatever you like. Main thing I look for is fonts that differentiate between things like 0Oo and lI1. I prefer open source fonts too. Just don't use a non-monospaced font.

But it's so much easier to get your mixed tabs and spaces aligned correctly with a non-monospaced font!

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by dvirsky »

pluma wrote: post #65

Since everyone's mentioning their favourite code fonts -- any love for Ubuntu Mono? I know it's not trendy to like the OS default as a non-Apple user but I find myself always coming back to it when I see it in comparisons.

From what I can gather this font is almost identical to Ubuntu Mono.

Re: Hack: A typeface designed for source code

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Post by tptacek »

timbre wrote: post #54
dogas wrote: post #51

Hack is DejaVu sans mono. Below is a gif I took switching between DejaVu sans mono and Hack. Aside from line height I fail to see the difference. http://gfycat.com/SomberUnitedGermanshepherd

"i" is different. Don't see anything else though.

Top of the lowercase 't'.
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