Lesser Known Coding Fonts

I think most just stick with fonts they've used in the past. In my case, I can't get myself to use anything other than Apple's Terminal (which uses SF Mono). Maybe later in the future I may budge and move off of it (iTerm2 for some reason can't quite exactly get SF Mono right, even though I import it).

Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

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Post by onion2k » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:28 AM UTC

petters wrote: post #2

There should be more variable-width coding fonts.

As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?

Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

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Post by KaiserPro » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:31 AM UTC

I am still very happy with https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig

its nice and readable, but has ligatures, which makes things like == & -> very obvious.

Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

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Post by bitwize » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:35 AM UTC

My current favorite is the 8x16 Atari ST system font. Its thick strokes really help my aging eyes. Bitmap fonts for life.

Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

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Post by 29athrowaway » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:35 AM UTC

I have used Sudo and Monoid for years. Other fonts I like are:

- Luculent, http://eastfarthing.com/luculent/

- Envy Code R, https://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-co...

B612 Mono would be an excellent font if the glyphs were well aligned.

Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

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Post by seanmcdirmid » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:40 AM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #5

petters wrote: post #2

There should be more variable-width coding fonts.

As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?

The kerning is easier in your eyes, and is also much more space efficient. The only drawback is the inability to do ascii art.

Re: Lesser Known Coding Fonts

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Post by kd5bjo » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:44 AM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #5

petters wrote: post #2

There should be more variable-width coding fonts.

As someone who's never used a variable width font for writing code, I have to ask why would you want that?

Variable width fonts are generally more readable, which is why they’re generally used for prose.

Fixed-width fonts allow for easy tabular rendering in a text editor. Some programming styles use this heavily but it’s not universal. Particularly, if you rely on line-by-line blame in source control, alignment changes can make it harder to find the commit where the most recent semantic change happened.