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I'm a font-aholic and reading Hacker News, I get the impression I'm not the only one. My first adventure down the font hole started with Bit Stream Vera Sans M
by b3b0p 8y ago
I'm a font-aholic and reading Hacker News, I get the impression I'm not the only one.
My first adventure down the font hole started with Bit Stream Vera Sans Mono followed by Source Code Pro. Stuck with Source Code Pro for many years and even today, not sure any other aliased font looks and works as well as Source Code Pro at almost every size, from the smallest onward. It just looks clean to me.
After reading on here how great it was, switched to Fira Code for a while. It was nice, but never blew me away. The ligatures were a nice change I guess.
Then I tried out Iosevka and was happy. Kept using it for a while.
Then it was Input Mono, again happy and used it for a while.
I was later introduced to Operator Mono and thought I had found code font bliss (pay).
Ended up going back to SF Mono (I'm on macOS) and feel content. Finally. Again. I don't think I'm switching anymore. I might try for a day or a few minutes something else, but I can't see myself sticking with it like SF Mono. It will have to blow my mind.
As an aside, I love no antialias Monaco at about 10 pt on hi dpi/retina displays (MacBook Pro 2017 and LG 5k with non-decimal scale, e.g. 2x). Something about it seems perfect to me. It usually seems to require special configuration and sometimes is difficult or not supported at all in many tools and editors, so I have stuck with SF Mono, typically 11 pt or 13 pt depending on the display and time of day and how much sleep I got.
- cygned 8y agoI know what you’re talking about. I have tried a seemingly endless number of fonts. I really liked Hack and IBM Plex Mono, especially the latter. For a short period, I even coded with F25 Bank Printer - what a fun! Currently I use the Golang fonts (monospaced serifs).
- eps 8y ago> Operator Mono That's one funky monospace, with almost Flintstones' feel to it. https://www.typography.com/fonts/operator/styles/ https://www.typography.com/fonts/operator/styles/
- twic 8y agoYou may also enjoy Fantastique Sans, formerly known as Cosmic Sans, as it is sort of programming version of Comic Sans: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
- thisacctforreal 8y agoFantasque Sans Mono is my daily driver, I love it.
- Redoubts 8y ago> Stuck with Source Code Pro for many years and even today, not sure any other aliased font looks and works as well as Source Code Pro at almost every size, from the smallest onward. It just looks clean to me. This has easily been my favorite font for a long, long time.