FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures • Hacker News Board

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by risico » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 9:53 AM UTC

One of my 2 favourite fonts. I constantly switch between Fira Code and Iosevka.

I just wish Fira Code had an Extra Light option, sometimes, depending on the terminal/OS I find Fira Code too chunky.

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by nielsbot » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:01 AM UTC

Hi! I’ve returned once more to recommend the Input family of typefaces.

https://input.djr.com/

I’ve been code using Input Sans a (gasp!) proportional coding font for years now and I love it. Input also comes in a monospaced version FWIW.

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by reportgunner » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:09 AM UTC

I prefer the Hack font [0], I don't like ligatures.

[0] https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by AlchemistCamp » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:23 AM UTC

Bootvis wrote: post #10

AlchemistCamp wrote: post #9

This was my primary editor font for years! It’s clear, looks nice and is reasonably space-efficient, too.

Sounds great but you write was. Did you change your font to something else?

I changed it to Hasklig, briefly, and then to Iosevka, which I’ve stuck with the past four years.

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by brainzap » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:32 AM UTC

The font that introduced me to ligatures <3

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by jansan » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:37 AM UTC

I do not understand why someone would like to have ligatures in code.

And it looks like I am not alone: https://practicaltypography.com/ligatures-in-programming-fon...

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by factorialboy » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:37 AM UTC

Every time a new monospace font reaches the HN home page, I lose ~3 hours of my day. Not complaining. (You get an upvote)

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by sirodoht » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:38 AM UTC

I've tried ligatures in coding for a few months but eventually decided against them. The small parsing overhead isn't worth it just for beauty. The philosophy of form follows function wins again.

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by 112233 » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:52 AM UTC

jansan wrote: post #16

I do not understand why someone would like to have ligatures in code. And it looks like I am not alone: https://practicaltypography.com/ligatures-in-programming-fon...

I do understand why someone would like ligatures, just not not the whatever it is that is imlemented now:

- if a ligature looks just like a grapheme of another character, why not use that character? why the replacement is done at font level???

- using ligature across morpheme or token boundary is rude typesetting. e.g "selfish" or "c=1;"

Other than that, I do not have anything against ligatures that enhance legibility of text (what they are meant to accomplish)

Re: FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

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Post by extasia » Wed, Jul 19, 2023, 10:53 AM UTC

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