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"Oh, a post about a programming font; let's see if there are any comments not from killjoys who can't help but advertise their hatred of ligatures" *opens comments* *shakes head, closes tab*
Although what did you expect, since there isn't much else to discuss about fonts that isn't subjective. We could discuss slashed vs dotted zeros, I guess.
Can we get slashed 7s too? Maybe even slashed Zs.
Ligatures, IMO, make for a bad coding editor experience. No, I do not want >> parsed as a right shift when it's actually used as two adjacent template delimiters. And no, I'm not okay with the inconsistency that results from the usage of different operators from one programming language to another. Want to change a != to a == operator? Enjoy futzing with placing the cursor properly. It's a cute idea, but I found it m…
> It's a cute idea, but I found it more annoying to use in practice. Agreed. Looks very nice in editor, but programming is not about looks. It's about ease of editing and maintainability.
What if ligatures makes it easier to edit and maintain?
I assume you only use light mode and the system fixed font for your programming?
" Ideally, all programming languages should be designed with full-fledged Unicode symbols for operators, but that’s not the case yet." One (minor) language that does have quite a lot of support is Rakudo which allows both unicode and ascii equivalents for many operators. https://docs.raku.org/language/unicode_ascii
Edit: There is annoying popup, but click away from it and you can do the thing.
I don't see how ligatures make sense for code. For beautiful typography, sure, but not for text you edit with a cursor, etc. IMHO coding really needs a simple monospaced font. I use Input Mpno with a slightly squashed horizontal spacing, and an almost overlapping vertical spacing.
Ligatures are just presentational so they don’t impair editing. If you ever try them again and use VSCode, you might like the Disable Ligatures that dynamically disables them for the selected line or cursor position.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Coenraad...
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.
a = 1
ab = 2
abc = 3
a = 1
ab = 2
abc = 3
It's a very good exchange: a little feature to miss, much more readable code.
I gave a try to Input but it was not OK for me. I can't remember the details. I'm giving a try to Sweden Sans, from yesterday's HN.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You might be surprised to hear that the eye actually does a lot of "preprocessing" for the brain.
Preprocessing is not the same as interpretation, in the same way that a pixel shader is not computer vision.
One could argue that that is already part of the character detection/interpretation process.
Call me basic, but I love it. :)
Of course, this is all very subjective, but I do find Fira Code to be a beautiful coding font. I also appreciate having ligatures in fonts nowadays. Fira Code was my go-to for a long time, but I've come to increasingly use Jetbrains Mono which is available under the same Open Font Licence and is quite similar (although slightly preferable visually to me). https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/
Ligatures, IMO, make for a bad coding editor experience. No, I do not want >> parsed as a right shift when it's actually used as two adjacent template delimiters. And no, I'm not okay with the inconsistency that results from the usage of different operators from one programming language to another. Want to change a != to a == operator? Enjoy futzing with placing the cursor properly. It's a cute idea, but I found it m…
It's absolutely a personal preference thing, and I personally prefer it. At least for the languages that I typically work with. I could see it being annoying with certain languages.