When I was researching coding fonts for myself I've found the two I liked the most were Iosevka and Fira Code because of their ligature support (DejaVu Sans Mon

When I was researching coding fonts for myself I've found the two I liked the most were Iosevka and Fira Code because of their ligature support (DejaVu Sans Mono is also good but typically doesn't have ligatures). The choice between them comes down to whether you value having more horizontal space (shorter lines) or vertical space. Iosevka is horizontally compressed, meaning you can fit more characters into a given window width, and Fira Code is more vertically compressed. Also, in Visual Studio Code you can fine-tune your coding font using these options: "editor.fontFamily": "'Fira Code', monospace", "editor.fontSize": 14, "editor.lineHeight": 14, "editor.letterSpacing": -1.0, "editor.fontWeight": "300", "editor.fontLigatures": true, I recommend tuning your lineHeight and letterSpacing.