Cool, obviously a lot of people are going to quibble about the default lineup (wheres Iosevka?) but for anyone who hasn't nailed down a preference it seems great!
CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
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Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#72Fira Code for me.
I also got Fira Code, followed by Ubuntu Mono, Source Code Pro, and Oxygen Mono.
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#73I got PT Mono in the game, but this gave me the kick I needed to remember about ProggyClean[1] and track it down. Used to love it many years ago, time to give it another spin and see if it holds its own.
There's a vector version[2] now too!
[2]: https://github.com/bluescan/proggyfonts/tree/master/ProggyVe...
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#74I got Cuisine, I was trying to get Hack.
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#75ubuntu mono, fira code
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#76As 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?
Not entirely. The font "size" is the height of each character, not the width they take up or the stroke thickness. So some fonts will have narrow characters & display more characters horizontally than fonts with wider characters.
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#77Because I'm lazy, and forgetful, I went back to my comment from a previous time this was posted:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42554715
Results: Roboto Mono !
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#78I've been jumping between Maple Mono and a custom Iosevka build that I've been tweaking here and there for the better part of 3 years. Jetbrains Mono is also really nice if you want something a bit more neutral.
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#79I like, as it is quick to decide, and you can see font names afterwards (some indeed looked similar).
At the same time, it would be wonderful if window sizes were more consistent (now things are obstructed, with scrolling, etc). And I would love to download the ranking graph!
Re: CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
#80Did the whole thing. I got IBM Plex. Actually looks great