Agave[1] and Lekton[2] are among my favorites.
Lesser Known Coding Fonts
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Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#52Every thread about programming fonts is not complete without mentioning the wonderful website https://app.programmingfonts.org (no affiliation, I just find it really useful) which lists all the free programming-related fonts with live preview (for example every single font from the article, and every one mentioned so far in every comment in this thread is already there in the app) - it allows quick one-click preview…
That is a truly fantastic site but it doesn't mention https://dank.sh/ which I first heard about in this thread.
Just to nitpick.
But I am right now going through every one of those fonts in the app to compare with the one I've used for almost a decade now.
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#53My favorite for programming and terminal, Luculent:
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#54When I was researching coding fonts for myself I've found the two I liked the most were Iosevka and Fira Code because of their ligature support ( DejaVu Sans Mono is also good but typically doesn't have ligatures). The choice between them comes down to whether you value having more horizontal space (shorter lines) or vertical space. Iosevka is horizontally compressed, meaning you can fit more characters into a given…
I really want to use Fira Mono/Code, but it sadly doesn't support italics, which is a deal-breaker for me, so instead I've been using Iosevka for a week. It's really pretty!
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#55There 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?
Stroustrup uses them in The C++ Programming Language and it is made it much nicer to read.
If you're using tabs for indentation, and not trying to do pointless alignment then there's really no reason to use monospaced fonts at all - it just makes things uglier.
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#56Every thread about programming fonts is not complete without mentioning the wonderful website https://app.programmingfonts.org (no affiliation, I just find it really useful) which lists all the free programming-related fonts with live preview (for example every single font from the article, and every one mentioned so far in every comment in this thread is already there in the app) - it allows quick one-click preview…
That is a truly fantastic site but it doesn't mention https://dank.sh/ which I first heard about in this thread. Just to nitpick. But I am right now going through every one of those fonts in the app to compare with the one I've used for almost a decade now.
Do you like it?
One of the things that really gets in the way of comprehension for me are typefaces with too much personality. These cutesy italics etc. really seem to affect my ability to get on with the job at hand.
This is why, despite trying, I've yet to find something that can outdo Consolas on Windows. I tried Fira this and that, Source code pro and a bunch of others from Google Fonts. They all are inferior to Consolas in my eyes. They'll either be missing the slotted '0', or look crowded in small sizes etc.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is a truly fantastic site but it doesn't mention https://dank.sh/ which I first heard about in this thread. Just to nitpick. But I am right now going through every one of those fonts in the app to compare with the one I've used for almost a decade now.
Do you like it? One of the things that really gets in the way of comprehension for me are typefaces with too much personality. These cutesy italics etc. really seem to affect my ability to get on with the job at hand. This is why, despite trying, I've yet to find something that can outdo Consolas on Windows. I tried Fira this and that, Source code pro and a bunch of others from Google Fonts. They all are inferior to…
Do I like Dank Mono? I am indifferent to it. It hasn't sold me on switching from Source Code Pro.
It's better than a lot of other fonts I've seen on programmingfonts.org so far. But just because a font is good or on par with my current one doesn't mean I'll use it. Force of habit is a big factor.
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#58Tweaking the coding fonts is the ultimate form of productivity porn. Don't do that unless you see any actual problems with your current font.
I think switching up how you do things from time to time keeps things fresh. Change your wallpaper! Rearrange your office! Go without syntax highlighting for a day! And, yeah, change your programming font.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you like it? One of the things that really gets in the way of comprehension for me are typefaces with too much personality. These cutesy italics etc. really seem to affect my ability to get on with the job at hand. This is why, despite trying, I've yet to find something that can outdo Consolas on Windows. I tried Fira this and that, Source code pro and a bunch of others from Google Fonts. They all are inferior to…
Do I like Dank Mono? I am indifferent to it. It hasn't sold me on switching from Source Code Pro. It's better than a lot of other fonts I've seen on programmingfonts.org so far. But just because a font is good or on par with my current one doesn't mean I'll use it. Force of habit is a big factor.
The guy from PracticalTypography also recommends Source Code Pro as his free monospaced font of choice.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
The latest release of Iosevka has a "quasi-proportional" variant called Iosevka Aile which I really, really like. Here's a 3200x1800 screenshot with some code in Emacs. https://i.imgur.com/LdzBmpx.png The kerning is not as tight as in a real proportional font. It's a bit more spacious and regular so that fixed width tabular layouts still look relatively decent.
The original image might’ve been 3200x1800 but it sure ain’t on imgur, unless I’m missing an obvious ‘view raw/original image’ option...
Uhhh sorry I don’t understand imgur. I think there’s a way.
Oh it seems that the mobile imgur site is totally nerfed. Sorry. Is there a better free image host?