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As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?
The kerning is easier in your eyes, and is also much more space efficient. The only drawback is the inability to do ascii art.
There should be more variable-width coding fonts.
As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?
You can get it here: https://input.fontbureau.com
And amazingly, you can personalize your font on download, such as choosing dotted vs slashed zeroes.
Not free, but free for personal, non-commercial use. (Check the terms)
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As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?
The kerning is easier in your eyes, and is also much more space efficient. The only drawback is the inability to do ascii art.
I have tried many programming fonts. I love articles like this that expose to me to new, fun things to try. But alas Consolas is King.
This is missing Terminus[1], a wonderful bitmap font which is widely available on unices. [1]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/terminus-font/
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As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?
The kerning is easier in your eyes, and is also much more space efficient. The only drawback is the inability to do ascii art.
I wish I had more specific examples and could quantify it better, but I know I've caught quite a few errors this way.