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Re: Comic Mono

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Post by bmitc »

groby_b wrote: post #32
strunz wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really like his Codelia font; but I just can't justify spending that much on a font when there's so many free alternatives. Wish the was a cheaper non-commercial license.

$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? It's not that much. It's fine to use free versions instead, but maybe let's stop asking for freebies from folks who make their living that way, especially from Indy folks. (Badger your average megacorp for free stuff for all you want, they'll find ways to extract money somehow)

That's actually insanely cheap for a font as well.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by card_zero »

jrmg wrote: post #60
chrisguilbeau wrote: post #17

I've been using a comic sans based mono font now since the last time I saw it on HN (about a year ago based on my receipt). I use a paid version called Comic Code [1] I find it very easy to read as well as fun. I had similar feelings about using Monaco in the past. I find it personally makes programming easier on the eyes and enjoyable. I remember reading the font is similar to the letters that are taught in kinderga…

To my eyes, especially at small sizes, Comic Code has way more ‘Courier’ to it than Comic Mono.

If you look at screenshot #5, the text is the same size as the text the page is written in, yet looks very different. No slab serifs on 'r' or 'n', and a less quirky 'y' and 'k'. So now I don't know if the page is written in the font it's talking about, or some other font. Confusing.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by Syzygies »

chrisguilbeau wrote: post #17

I've been using a comic sans based mono font now since the last time I saw it on HN (about a year ago based on my receipt). I use a paid version called Comic Code [1] I find it very easy to read as well as fun. I had similar feelings about using Monaco in the past. I find it personally makes programming easier on the eyes and enjoyable. I remember reading the font is similar to the letters that are taught in kinderga…

Ligatures! Or not! Nice.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by creata »

fsckboy wrote: post #59
groby_b wrote: post #32

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$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? It's not that much. It's fine to use free versions instead, but maybe let's stop asking for freebies from folks who make their living that way, especially from Indy folks. (Badger your average megacorp for free stuff for all you want, they'll find ways to extract money somehow)

> $15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? $16 to upgrade my life? well worth it. $16 to own something that I'd need to carry around for the rest of my life in a file, or track a download code for, and configure into every new system I boot up, and... nah, that's buying a responsibility creatives out there: you are using and benefitting from the free open source internet where other creatives g…

> Stop trying to monetize your tiny contributions.

If you think they're not worth it then just click away.

And syncing a file isn't exactly hard in 2024.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by prmoustache »

levocardia wrote: post #41
strunz wrote: post #30

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This font looks so nice, but so expensive! Wish there was a cheaper personal use option.

$15 is expensive? Just wait until you find out how much a professional design font costs!

It is all relative, if you want the set of normal, italic, bold and bold italic you need the 80$ package.

A lot of people seems to use a coding font, wear off a bit of it or want a new one just to make a small change and have diversity. It an expense you might not be ready to spend for something you may not be 100% sure you will want to use for more than a couple of months.

He has a set of demo fonts but from what I understand this would swap random characters to rectangle so you can't really try it working on an actual code. This is only useful to check quickly how it looks on your IDE or terminal but I usually spend a few hours working on a font before deciding to commit using it for more or swapping back to my previous preferred one.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by rjh29 »

prmoustache wrote: post #76
levocardia wrote: post #41

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$15 is expensive? Just wait until you find out how much a professional design font costs!

It is all relative, if you want the set of normal, italic, bold and bold italic you need the 80$ package. A lot of people seems to use a coding font, wear off a bit of it or want a new one just to make a small change and have diversity. It an expense you might not be ready to spend for something you may not be 100% sure you will want to use for more than a couple of months. He has a set of demo fonts but from what I…

30$ for the 12 most common variants.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by card_zero »

mlsu wrote: post #8

While we're in this thread suggesting comic-style monospaced fonts, I can recommend Monaspace Radon: https://monaspace.githubnext.com/ (go down to variants, it's 4th) It actually works! I actually really like Comic Sans and that style of font. Don't understand the haters!

I just don't like it as a comic handwriting font. Something about its character, or lack of character. It should feel lively and impish, but instead it feels lame and half-dead, to me. There's all these attempts at quirkiness like the 'C' with its irregular curve and little hook, but they all fall flat, they don't seem natural, they don't have rhythm. It gives me a feeling like I've been handed a weak joke and I'm expected to read it aloud.

Re: Comic Mono

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Post by jnrk »

jihadjihad wrote: post #39
meowface wrote: post #24

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I don't know if I'm unique or something, but Radon is extremely painful for me to look at and makes everything harder to read. It makes me feel like I'm dyslexic or something. I currently use Fira Code and find that very easy to read and look at.

It’s not just you. A few weeks ago I saw the “noble gas” fonts here on HN and gave them a try, ended up going back to JetBrains Mono. Still haven’t found one that can reliably displace it—even my prior daily driver, Fira Code!

I've taken the Coding Font blind test tournament a couple of times the last years, and I somehow always end up with Fira Code as the winner.

https://www.codingfont.com/

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