Agave[1] and Lekton[2] are among my favorites. [1]: https://app.programmingfonts.org/#agave [2]: https://app.programmingfonts.org/#lekton
used consolas so far, tried Iosevka but felt like something was off, this Agave thing is great!! Thanks!
Lesser Known Coding Fonts
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Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#132The 3 main things I look for in a "coding font" are whether I can differentiate between i,I,l,L,1 and 0,o,O characters, whether or not it is readable at tiny font size (7px to 9px range on my display) and that it is a monospaced font. first and second are nice to have in any font. For over 4 years I have sworn by the excellent Fira Mono font by Mozilla more specifically FiraCode (variant with added ligatures), before…
The 0 and O are fairly ambiguous in that example. I pretty much require strikes or dots in the 0 for any font to be considered unambiguous.
I think you looked at Fira Sans, the Fira Mono typeface is below that.
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#133The 3 main things I look for in a "coding font" are whether I can differentiate between i,I,l,L,1 and 0,o,O characters, whether or not it is readable at tiny font size (7px to 9px range on my display) and that it is a monospaced font. first and second are nice to have in any font. For over 4 years I have sworn by the excellent Fira Mono font by Mozilla more specifically FiraCode (variant with added ligatures), before…
The 0 and O are fairly ambiguous in that example. I pretty much require strikes or dots in the 0 for any font to be considered unambiguous.
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Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#134The 3 main things I look for in a "coding font" are whether I can differentiate between i,I,l,L,1 and 0,o,O characters, whether or not it is readable at tiny font size (7px to 9px range on my display) and that it is a monospaced font. first and second are nice to have in any font. For over 4 years I have sworn by the excellent Fira Mono font by Mozilla more specifically FiraCode (variant with added ligatures), before…
The 0 and O are fairly ambiguous in that example. I pretty much require strikes or dots in the 0 for any font to be considered unambiguous.
You might be looking at the non monospaced variant in the Fira font family.
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#135I've really been enjoying the Overpass fonts from RedHat - https://overpassfont.org
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#136The 3 main things I look for in a "coding font" are whether I can differentiate between i,I,l,L,1 and 0,o,O characters, whether or not it is readable at tiny font size (7px to 9px range on my display) and that it is a monospaced font. first and second are nice to have in any font. For over 4 years I have sworn by the excellent Fira Mono font by Mozilla more specifically FiraCode (variant with added ligatures), before…
I like Fira Code but it has too much flare for me. Microsoft recently came out with Cascadia Code which fits my bill. I don't know if it fits yours. It looks like you've already found your solution but I thought I'd pass this along anyway.
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#137I've really been enjoying the Overpass fonts from RedHat - https://overpassfont.org
I don't really like their mono font but the others look pretty good, just not for coding. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know about them.
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#138My current favorite is the 8x16 Atari ST system font. Its thick strokes really help my aging eyes. Bitmap fonts for life.
I also love bitmap fonts, but when you're switching screen sizes it's annoying to have to change your config each time.
That's when you cheat and use a TrueType version of the bitmap font :)
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#139that not make any sense
Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts
#140The 3 main things I look for in a "coding font" are whether I can differentiate between i,I,l,L,1 and 0,o,O characters, whether or not it is readable at tiny font size (7px to 9px range on my display) and that it is a monospaced font. first and second are nice to have in any font. For over 4 years I have sworn by the excellent Fira Mono font by Mozilla more specifically FiraCode (variant with added ligatures), before…
Why tiny font sizes, out of curiosity? Do you typically use those font sizes, or is that just a handy measure of readability?
I'm all for fitting a lot of content on the screen, but I don't go as far as shrinking font size to the minimum I can read.