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I'm surprised that the list doesn't mention consolas. It ships default with visual studio and it's so good that I use it on arch Linux as my terminal font and w

I'm surprised that the list doesn't mention consolas. It ships default with visual studio and it's so good that I use it on arch Linux as my terminal font and with intellij. It was designed with programming in mind and has some nifty characteristics like a slash through zero. This list also misses out on 'operator mono' which is a well thought out font for programming.

ratsimihah 8y ago
Thanks for mentioning it! I just compared Consolas with the default Menlo along with Hack, and I do like the roundedness in Consolas.
ChrisGranger 8y ago
Consolas is a proprietary font, and this list includes only free and/or open source fonts. It does include the similar Inconsolata.
- raphlinus 8y ago
  Though Inconsolata was inspired by Consolas, I wouldn't consider it all that similar. For example, the digits in Inconsolata are much closer to the Franklin Gothic model. Also, Consolas has excellent hinting for Windows, while Inconsolata was originally designed with no hinting at all. They're not drop-in replacements.
  - Jaruzel 8y ago
    Seconded, Inconsolata at small sizes looks awful on Windows. I'm surprised that so many of these 'programming' fonts do not have dotted or slashed zeros. For a programming font, that's a must-have requirement for me. I edited Droid Sans Mono, so that its zero had a slash, and now I use it as my go-to font for all my IDEs and terminals. However after browsing this lot, I'm tempted to give Go Font a try.
  - beefsack 8y ago
    For those unaware, raphlinus actually created Inconsolata.
  - bobwaycott 8y ago
    I’m a fan of Inconsolata, and it’s my daily driver in terminals and editor. Thank you.
  - signal11 8y ago
    Although Consolas is beautiful on Windows (and is one of my favourite monospace fonts), Inconsolata for me looks very good on Windows 10 (as I remember it didn't quite look as good on Windows 7). In fact, because the font is slightly thicker at lower font sizes, I find it easier to see and use -- so it's currently my default font in PuTTY and VS Code, for instance. Thank you for your work on Inconsolata.
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int_19h 8y ago
Consolas ships with Windows itself since Win7.
- himanshumuj2050 8y ago
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- dspillett 8y ago
  That still doesn't make it free & legal to distribute as a web font so that it displays to people who don't run Windows (or otherwise have Consolas installed), so it would be more than legally dubious to include it in this site without express permission from MS (or who-ever they licensed the work from, if it wasn't created internally).
klageveen 8y ago
Hi, I'm the author of programmingfonts.org. Operator Mono certainly is pretty. I always loved consolas on Windows (honestly, it's the only thing that rendered properly on Win7). That said, I can only include fonts that are freely available, or where the owner of the font allows me to (in the case of Input Mono). I have tried for a few others, but haven't been so lucky there. So, no proprietary or otherwise commercial fonts. I do try to feature them on the blog though.
- fermienrico 8y ago
  You can always use a static .svg or .png in place.
  - klageveen 8y ago
    That's what I feature on the blog, but you'll notice the right-hand side of app.programmingfonts.org is interactive. That's kinda hard to do with static images ;)
    - javajosh 8y ago
      Would it violate the ToS to create a simple sprite sheet out of a proprietary fixed-width font?
      - m45t3r 8y ago
        I don't think the author needs to go to such lengths just to support some proprietary fonts, specially considering that there are great free and open options.
        javajosh 8y ago
        Sure, but that's not really an answer to the question!
        sbarre 8y ago
peteretep 8y ago
> Operator Mono SSM A steal at $199!
fgandiya 8y ago
Yeah, I was redesigning my website and decided to use system fonts. When I added the system don't for monospacw text, I was amazed at how nice Consolas came out.
neves 8y ago
It is a Windows default font. Since you need admin rights to install fonts in Windows, it may be the only good programming font a corporate user have.
- signal11 8y ago
  Lucida Console isn't too bad either -- it's very legible at small font sizes. On some of my work and personal systems I also have Lucida Sans Typewriter[1] (IIRC it was bundled with Office), which is taller and subjectively slightly better looking than Lucida Console [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/lucida-sans-typewriter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/lucida...
pier25 8y ago
I agree on Consolas. I'm a Mac user and it has replaced Inconsolata which I used for years.

ratsimihah 8y ago

Thanks for mentioning it! I just compared Consolas with the default Menlo along with Hack, and I do like the roundedness in Consolas.

ChrisGranger 8y ago

Consolas is a proprietary font, and this list includes only free and/or open source fonts. It does include the similar Inconsolata.

raphlinus 8y ago
Though Inconsolata was inspired by Consolas, I wouldn't consider it all that similar. For example, the digits in Inconsolata are much closer to the Franklin Gothic model. Also, Consolas has excellent hinting for Windows, while Inconsolata was originally designed with no hinting at all. They're not drop-in replacements.
- Jaruzel 8y ago
  Seconded, Inconsolata at small sizes looks awful on Windows. I'm surprised that so many of these 'programming' fonts do not have dotted or slashed zeros. For a programming font, that's a must-have requirement for me. I edited Droid Sans Mono, so that its zero had a slash, and now I use it as my go-to font for all my IDEs and terminals. However after browsing this lot, I'm tempted to give Go Font a try.
- beefsack 8y ago
  For those unaware, raphlinus actually created Inconsolata.
- bobwaycott 8y ago
  I’m a fan of Inconsolata, and it’s my daily driver in terminals and editor. Thank you.
- signal11 8y ago
  Although Consolas is beautiful on Windows (and is one of my favourite monospace fonts), Inconsolata for me looks very good on Windows 10 (as I remember it didn't quite look as good on Windows 7). In fact, because the font is slightly thicker at lower font sizes, I find it easier to see and use -- so it's currently my default font in PuTTY and VS Code, for instance. Thank you for your work on Inconsolata.
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int_19h 8y ago

Consolas ships with Windows itself since Win7.

himanshumuj2050 8y ago
ebfuefbeuf
dspillett 8y ago
That still doesn't make it free & legal to distribute as a web font so that it displays to people who don't run Windows (or otherwise have Consolas installed), so it would be more than legally dubious to include it in this site without express permission from MS (or who-ever they licensed the work from, if it wasn't created internally).

klageveen 8y ago

Hi, I'm the author of programmingfonts.org. Operator Mono certainly is pretty. I always loved consolas on Windows (honestly, it's the only thing that rendered properly on Win7). That said, I can only include fonts that are freely available, or where the owner of the font allows me to (in the case of Input Mono). I have tried for a few others, but haven't been so lucky there. So, no proprietary or otherwise commercial fonts. I do try to feature them on the blog though.

fermienrico 8y ago
You can always use a static .svg or .png in place.
- klageveen 8y ago
  That's what I feature on the blog, but you'll notice the right-hand side of app.programmingfonts.org is interactive. That's kinda hard to do with static images ;)
  - javajosh 8y ago
    Would it violate the ToS to create a simple sprite sheet out of a proprietary fixed-width font?
    - m45t3r 8y ago
      I don't think the author needs to go to such lengths just to support some proprietary fonts, specially considering that there are great free and open options.
      - javajosh 8y ago
        Sure, but that's not really an answer to the question!
        sbarre 8y ago

peteretep 8y ago

> Operator Mono SSM A steal at $199!

fgandiya 8y ago

Yeah, I was redesigning my website and decided to use system fonts. When I added the system don't for monospacw text, I was amazed at how nice Consolas came out.

neves 8y ago

It is a Windows default font. Since you need admin rights to install fonts in Windows, it may be the only good programming font a corporate user have.

signal11 8y ago
Lucida Console isn't too bad either -- it's very legible at small font sizes. On some of my work and personal systems I also have Lucida Sans Typewriter[1] (IIRC it was bundled with Office), which is taller and subjectively slightly better looking than Lucida Console [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/lucida-sans-typewriter https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/lucida...

pier25 8y ago

I agree on Consolas. I'm a Mac user and it has replaced Inconsolata which I used for years.