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Every time I learn about a new programmer font, I try it for a day. It makes me sad that I apparently will never find one I like better than Inconsolata.
I had the same thing, until I found Source Code Pro from Adobe. https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro Yes, that's right. An open source font by Adobe. It's absolutely gorgeous!
I find the rounded r's and n's a little bit difficult to negotiate, especially at smaller point sizes - while aesthetically pleasing, it makes the font harder to read. When I program, I want all my neurons available to coding. Also, the horizontal bar in f is on a different height than the one on the t. This makes it noisy. Having said that, I applaud a developer committed enough to make "the perfect editor font" jus…
Every time I learn about a new programmer font, I try it for a day. It makes me sad that I apparently will never find one I like better than Inconsolata.
It's hard to tell because there are no 'C's in the samples; more upper case and mixed case text would be helpful.
I recommend PragmataPro. Once I found it, I knew I didn't have to look for another programming font again.
Screenshot: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/3a95a8a8-978a-4371-8411...
Because to my eyes aren't trained, I really can't tell any font better than any other. I am mostly used to visual studio's default but I adopt to others equally efficiently without any real hindrance to my work. So, anyone care to explain why a font is better than another or is it just a "feel" you get that you like one over the others?
I'm using Yosemite on Mac and I'm loving the Osaka font. Screenshot: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/3a95a8a8-978a-4371-8411...