Beauty! My personal preference is iA Writer Mono.
https://github.com/iaolo/iA-Fonts/tree/master/iA%20Writer%20...
MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
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Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#192Unfortunately 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…
I don't know why anyone would even bother to even go beyond the first item on the list. Such beauty, such elegant geometry, such timeless classic lines. Truly an elegant font for a more civilized time. https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270 BTW, I'm also a huge fan of Luxi Mono, but I edit it and add a dot in the middle of the zero to make it different from the O. I like it because it reminds me a bit of the Sun…
Your font is cool, ignore the downvotes. It reminds me a bit of the default console font on OpenBSD, Spleen [1].
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
My programming language doesn't want to use it; I do. If you would "never even think" to realize that ⇒ in your editor is actually =>, after having installed a programming ligature font where that is always advertised, that's on you. And any developer should already be well aware that no common language uses symbols beyond ASCII, so seeing ⇒ should be clear enough already that it's a ligature. I really think this 'co…
> If you would "never even think" to realize that ⇒ in your editor is actually =>, after having installed a programming ligature font where that is always advertised, that's on you. Sounds like we agree that a font that does this should never be a default. I don't think customized environments to the extent that one developer sees a different view of the code from another are a good idea (partly because I think revie…
I agree it should not be a default. I think much like using the keyboard to navigate the IDE, it's something you can do that brings a benefit once you're familiar with the basics. I don't think vim should be the default terminal editor for the same reason, but I still think vim is worthwhile to use.
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#194I'm thinking about getting this. I really liked the side by side demo. Paying for my tools is worth it.
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
If your programming language wants to use an ⇒ symbol there's a perfectly good codepoint for that already. I don't want complexity to be hiding in my font where I would never even think to look for it. (For example imagine searching the documentation to understand a use of ⇒ and finding it doesn't exist in your programming language)
My programming language doesn't want to use it; I do. If you would "never even think" to realize that ⇒ in your editor is actually =>, after having installed a programming ligature font where that is always advertised, that's on you. And any developer should already be well aware that no common language uses symbols beyond ASCII, so seeing ⇒ should be clear enough already that it's a ligature. I really think this 'co…
> no common language uses symbols beyond ASCII,
Ruby and scala allow using such characters, and there are libraries that use it. Julia actually has special characters in the standard library, although afaik they all have ascii aliases. The repl and many editor plugins support expanding tex style escapes to those special characters.
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess maybe because developers are the target audience and they happen to make a lot of money?
But then developers also know how to use devtools in their browser.
There you have another reason: the pricing needs to account for those who prefer paying with devtools coupons.
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#197Unfortunately 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…
I like it except for the ligatures with the < and /'s. Thanks for the recommendation, it encouraged me to revisit my font choices.
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#198Please stop it with the "coding ligatures" already. They are not helpful and only serve to obscure the code being written. This has got to be one of my least favourite trends in programming aesthetics these days. For a font claiming to "follow function" to devote so much effort to sacrificing function for the _vogue du jour_ is especially rich.
Please stop it with the diatribes about ligatures. If you don't like them, don't use them. It's that simple. Other people do like them, and will continue to use and enjoy them.
I like some like ff, but </ is too far.
Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
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Re: MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
#200> As software developers, we always strive for better tools but rarely consider font as such.
A quick search of hn shows the opposite: it seems like we're always talking about fonts and releasing fonts and comparing fonts. I practically have monospace font fatigue. But yeah this font looks nice enough