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MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by Ezku »

kbd wrote: post #24

Unfortunately not available to compare on https://www.programmingfonts.org/ While I'm here: Victor Mono has been my programming font of choice for a while now: https://rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/ Oh, look at that, the Victor Mono homepage has a font comparison slider that allows you to compare it to MonoLisa! MonoLisa advertises that it's wider than other monospace fonts, and you can really see that in the compariso…

Oh, this was a new one for me.

In case you like narrow but Victor’s not your thing, I can enthusiastically point you towards Iosevka. (That’s also available in Victor’s comparison picker. Nice!)

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by StevePerkins »

sebastianconcpt wrote: post #17
speedgoose wrote: post #15

Since we are talking about our favourite coding fonts, my personal choice is on Comic Code. I find it very easy to read and better than the other mono comic sans fonts. https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code

Oh god... I can't say if you're trolling or not.

I honestly can't tell much difference between this, and the new "Cascadia Code" font that Microsoft recently put out. If they didn't put "Comic" in the name, then no one would likely think twice about it. On the other hand, the notoriety of that name probably helps them draw attention, too.

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by the_mitsuhiko »

huhtenberg wrote: post #22
the_mitsuhiko wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wider fonts are significantly easier to read than narrow fonts which is the main point a programmer typically optimizes for. Since most editors can reflow anyways and programmers are relatively conservatives for max width anyways my general experience is that I have more than enough space on the right unused.

This assumes that the code you are writing will actually be read by someone later on. A bold assumption to make.

It's not about posterity but reading back what you just wrote a minute ago. That's not a very bold assumption.

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by nerdponx »

speedgoose wrote: post #15

Since we are talking about our favourite coding fonts, my personal choice is on Comic Code. I find it very easy to read and better than the other mono comic sans fonts. https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code

This is great. I already tend to go for "curly" fonts like this: Recursive Mono ("Casual" or "Duotone" presets), Fantasque Sans Mono, and Mononoki.

MonoLisa seems to fall into a similar category. Is there a name for this style?

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by the_mitsuhiko »

cercatrova wrote: post #44

Do people really care that much about editor fonts? I just use SF Mono and call it a day. I've never had a problem where the font, of all things, was the main cause of something not working for me.

If you're looking your day at nothing else but text it's the most obvious thing to spend time and money on to improve. Sure, it's an utilitarian thing at the end of the day, but why should it not look pleasant to your eyes?

I don't think I ever had _a problem_ with a font, but that does not mean I do not want to spend a bit of time and effort to improve my experience. I could probably also get away with a much worse keyboard or monitor and be just as productive. But would I enjoy it just as much? Probably not.

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by lrei »

lobstrosity420 wrote: post #23
huhtenberg wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pragmata Pro is quite nice... but not for coding. I like narrow fonts. Barlow is excellent. News Gothic is fantastic. Geo Grotesque is super beautiful. But it just doesn't work for me when a coding font is narrow. Fonts like Iosevka and Pragmata are harder to read than needed and for no clear benefit. Especially when used for projects based on C and derivatives. If you ever find yourself needing to cram more symbols…

I keep my code below the 80 column mark, as is common. For me, the reason I like the more narrow Iosevka is because it lets me have more split buffers open on the same monitor. With Iosevka I can have 3 splits with a little over 80 columns each, other fonts only let me have two. I never noticed a decrease in readability but I've been using Iosevka for a very long time now, perhaps it's time to try out a wider font an…

Exactly the same reason why I use Iosevka and 79chars. However I use WQHD monitors and fit 4-5 splits.

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by triaste »

azeirah wrote: post #32

My favorite font still remains fantasque sans mono. It's loosely based on comic sans, I just need a little playful edge in my coding job. Otherwise it gets too stale. Love the font

I Completely agree! It is my daily driver font. Use it everywhere, great for shells too. And it's free

https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans

Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

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Post by pc86 »

cercatrova wrote: post #44

Do people really care that much about editor fonts? I just use SF Mono and call it a day. I've never had a problem where the font, of all things, was the main cause of something not working for me.

The point is to make little things a little nicer, that's all.
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