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Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by bluejekyll »

jcadam wrote: post #97
rufusroflpunch wrote: post #93

I'm going to be honest... After a while, all of these programmer fonts start to look the same to me.

I know. I just use one of the available monospace fonts on whatever OS I'm using (there's always at least one). I'm just too lazy/apathetic to bother with installing one of these things.

I used to feel the same way. Then for some reason Source Code Pro caught my attention on someone else's screen. Now I set up all my Dev environments with that (plus all the fancy extras for zsh).

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by libeclipse »

rufusroflpunch wrote: post #93

I'm going to be honest... After a while, all of these programmer fonts start to look the same to me.

Yeah like, why bother stressing over the exact configuration of pixels that you're using to make your i's tail.

Just pick a monospaced font that you can read and get to making something worthwhile.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by badminton1 »

Which font to use depends on many factors. First of all fonts don't look the same under various font rendering engines, and those engines have parameters leading to even more variations.

Then, your screen is another factor. With a lot of dpi (e.g: 4K or superior) you can pretty much anything you want since most fonts will look very readable.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

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Post by forgottenpass »

enobrev wrote: post #40
jameskegel wrote: post #2

This is an infuriating experience on mobile. Show me white background and black text with your font. I'll be damned if I'm going to learn new paradigms in scrolling and waiting just to then notice I can't see anything anyway because it is a responsive 1080p screenshot of 12pt text.

Pretty infuriating on the desktop as well. I scrolled down for an example, saw the screenshot of tiny text and assumed that either I've gone blind or that screenshot is shit; I'm going with the latter. Maybe it looks better on a computer with an apple on it, but not on ubuntu / chrome. Hack seems to be a nice font, otherwise. I don't know that I would switch to it as my primary, but I'll gladly add it to the collecti…

Does anyone program in

I do. But the 10-point characters in my editor are the height of the 13 pt characters on that page. For comparable readability, my 10 pt "Droid Sans Mono" is more readable than the 18 pt "Hack" on that page.

Re: Hack – A typeface designed for source code

#110

Post by alexeiz »

dna_polymerase wrote: post #29

I prefer Iosevka, which was trending a while ago: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

The best thing about Iosevka is that it's configurable in so many different ways. You're not limited to a configuration that the author of the font thinks to be the best. The attention to details in Iosevka is also notable (like the alignment of special characters). Iosevka is very balanced: it looks good both in a source code editor and a terminal.
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