Ask HN: What font do you use while programming?

Fira Code in my IDE, Menlo in my debug log (so it's the same as Chrome's devtools console), something else in an SSH session, and whatever the default is in Google Docs when I'm writing documentation.

Re: Ask HN: What font do you use while programming?

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Post by smallduck » Sat, May 07, 2016, 8:56 PM UTC

PR#3 from " rel="nofollow">http://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/apple2.shtml>, with green text on a black background for maximum nostalgia. Very narrow & effective on my laptop screen. Considering switching to Input Condensed or Compressed though.

Re: Ask HN: What font do you use while programming?

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Post by sratner » Sat, May 07, 2016, 8:58 PM UTC

Input Mono with settings:

    --asterisk=height
    --i=serifs_round
    --l=serifs_round
    --zero=slash
    --lineHeight=1.4

Re: Ask HN: What font do you use while programming?

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Post by Tiksi » Sat, May 07, 2016, 10:24 PM UTC

I use Tamsyn (6x12 on lower res screens, 7x14 on 4k monitors), http://www.fial.com/~scott/tamsyn-font/ but it's getting more and more difficult to use bitmap fonts these days. Firefox recently dropped support for them, gtk support is hit and miss.

Where I can't use Tamsyn I use https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font

I like fonts that are easily readable when small so I can get more screen realestate, and bitmaps are the best for that, but 3270 is pretty good as well.

Re: Ask HN: What font do you use while programming?

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Post by atmosx » Sat, May 07, 2016, 10:38 PM UTC

All my computers are Macs. I use Inconsolata (version that supports Hellenic letters by Cosmix) patched with devicons. My editor of choice is VIM on iTerm 13 pt, see sshot[1].

[1] https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3s165lgha1ci01/vim-sshot.png?dl=0