Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?

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Post by iwebdevfromhome » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:15 AM UTC

I recently discovered "FiraCode Nerd Font" and I've been using it everywhere as I setup a fresh new laptop.

Which programming font you currently swear to? I'm always interested in knowing cool fonts to use in my IDEs and terminals.

Re: Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?

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Post by ljoshua » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:19 AM UTC

It’s an oldie but goodie, and still my favorite after trying many different programming typefaces: Adobe Source Code Pro.

https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/

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Post by adgjlsfhk1 » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:20 AM UTC

If you use a language that has a bunch of unicode (especially Julia), JuliaMono is really good. It does a lot of very nice symbol alignment.

Re: Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?

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Post by luckman212 » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:22 AM UTC

JetBrains Mono

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Post by foobarbaz33 » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:24 AM UTC

Ubuntu Mono

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Post by mrath » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:27 AM UTC

I switch between Fira Code, mononoki and Cascadia Code

Re: Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?

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Post by bitwize » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:27 AM UTC

I'm partial to bitmap (or bitmap-like) fonts, esp. those derived from computers I once had or aspired to have. Current favorites are the Tandy2K font from the Ultimate PC Font Pack, the Atari ST 8X16 font, and Amiga Topaz (all variants).

For graphical Emacs, Iosevka.

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Post by twalla » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:31 AM UTC

In order of preference/reverse chronological order - all patched w/ NerdFont:

- Fira Code Mono

- Inconsolata (This is basically Consolas w/ a permissive license and slightly different spacing)

- Consolas (MS Font so not free per se but easy enough to find floating around)

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Post by tscopp » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:33 AM UTC

Started as a joke, ended as a preference: https://github.com/dtinth/comic-mono-font

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Post by neetrain » Mon, Dec 06, 2021, 4:36 AM UTC

luckman212 wrote: post #4

JetBrains Mono

> JetBrains Mono

Same. It requires least amount of energy to read.