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Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by trinari » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC

ale wrote: post #22

I stopped looking for fonts after I got comfortable tweaking the metric settings of Iosevka. My current setup exports a set of really compressed cuts (more compressed than Pragmata Pro) which I've always found hard to come by.

now i'm curious. care to share you're settings?

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by other_herbert » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC

sodimel wrote: post #7

My coding font is comic-shanns-mono, here's how it looks: https://github.com/jesusmgg/comic-shanns-mono?tab=readme-ov-...

Comic Code Ligatures for me :D

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by trinari » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

regus wrote: post #11

As I get older I prefer the text on my screen to be bigger than usual. Most websites tend to have super small fonts for some reason. For coding I much prefer fonts that are bold and easier to read. Who actually likes these whimsical cursive looking comments or super thin looking fonts? I ended up with "Roboto Mono" btw.

uh isn't the font size kinda independant from the font style?

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

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Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by sneak » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC

timeinput wrote: post #23

IBM Plex Mono -- I guess no one ever got fired for choosing IBM?

IBM Plex Mono Ultralight is a joy to look at on a high DPI display.

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC

Some previous discussion including a Show HN: from the dev:

2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41604781

2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by wang_li » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC

Serifs so I and l look different, monospace so it's possible to use spaces for alignment, and a slash or dot in the zero. What else do I need?

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by phplovesong » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

Been running Berkeley Mono for years. Before that i flipped fonts and theme like every week. I sometimes wish you could not change font or color theme at all.

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by card_zero » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

sodimel wrote: post #7

My coding font is comic-shanns-mono, here's how it looks: https://github.com/jesusmgg/comic-shanns-mono?tab=readme-ov-...

I was intrigued by a font called Codemonkey. This site has lots of classic comic fonts, including WildWords which is used in pretty much every manga translation.

https://www.comicbookfonts.com/Code-Monkey-Variable-font-p/b...

Unfortunately plus signs display as blank spaces in the test drive. Oh well.

Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

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Post by KronisLV » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

Nowadays I use a lot of Iosevka. Previously I was on Ubuntu and JetBrains Mono, both are great fonts. A bit of PT Mono as well, even Terminus for a bit. One of my favorites has got to be Liberation Mono though - the most readable font I’ve ever found, even if Iosevka lets me put more stuff on screen horizontally. Oh also I’ve started enjoying Cascadia Code recently, surprisingly pleasant.