Dev Fonts

#1

Post by syck » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:14 AM UTC

Dev Fonts
devfonts.gafi.dev

Re: Dev Fonts

#2

Post by kxrm » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:35 AM UTC

What exactly is "Language" supposed to do? When I change it, it seems to only change the theme of the code, not the actual code itself.

Re: Dev Fonts

#3

Post by steerablesafe » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:39 AM UTC

These ligatures always felt like a gimmick to me, although I'm not too picky about programming fonts. Just give me non-ambiguous iIlO0 and I'm happy.

Re: Dev Fonts

#4

Post by Narann » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:40 AM UTC

Very nice!

I tend to use tiny sized font and I don't see any option to change font size. I'm always surprised by the huge default font size in text editors and IDEs.

So I ask: Is there such a "standard" dev font size every dev uses and no one complains?

Re: Dev Fonts

#5

Post by uallo » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:40 AM UTC

More and more often, I see ligatures being used on such fonts. E.g. === or != are combined in a visually single character. Personally, I don't like that at all as I think it makes code less readable. It is probably something that you can get used to. But what exactly is the appeal of it anyway?

Re: Dev Fonts

#6

Post by ldjb » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:41 AM UTC

kxrm wrote: post #2

What exactly is "Language" supposed to do? When I change it, it seems to only change the theme of the code, not the actual code itself.

It changes the syntax highlighting rules to reflect the specified language.

Like you, I would have expected it to also update the example code to show the actual language.

Re: Dev Fonts

#7

Post by antihero » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:41 AM UTC

uallo wrote: post #5

More and more often, I see ligatures being used on such fonts. E.g. === or != are combined in a visually single character. Personally, I don't like that at all as I think it makes code less readable. It is probably something that you can get used to. But what exactly is the appeal of it anyway?

Well I guess the idea is that the ligatures represent the concepts that the combination of symbols are trying to represent.

Also it looks pretty If you're staring a text editor for 8+ hours a day, it is important what you are staring at is pleasing to you.

Re: Dev Fonts

#8

Post by krishan711 » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:42 AM UTC

kxrm wrote: post #2

What exactly is "Language" supposed to do? When I change it, it seems to only change the theme of the code, not the actual code itself.

It's the syntax highlighting (you can copy paste your own code over the code thats there)

Re: Dev Fonts

#9

Post by binarysneaker » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:42 AM UTC

I've tried most of these at some point over the past few years and eventually settled on JetBrains Mono. I love it. The story about how it was created is pretty interesting... https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ And yes, there's a powerline version.

(Not affiliated with JetBrains in any way)

Re: Dev Fonts

#10

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:42 AM UTC

kxrm wrote: post #2

What exactly is "Language" supposed to do? When I change it, it seems to only change the theme of the code, not the actual code itself.

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