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Do you like it? One of the things that really gets in the way of comprehension for me are typefaces with too much personality. These cutesy italics etc. really

by exergy 7y ago

Do you like it? One of the things that really gets in the way of comprehension for me are typefaces with too much personality. These cutesy italics etc. really seem to affect my ability to get on with the job at hand. This is why, despite trying, I've yet to find something that can outdo Consolas on Windows. I tried Fira this and that, Source code pro and a bunch of others from Google Fonts. They all are inferior to Consolas in my eyes. They'll either be missing the slotted '0', or look crowded in small sizes etc.

INTPenis 7y ago
Do I like Dank Mono? I am indifferent to it. It hasn't sold me on switching from Source Code Pro. It's better than a lot of other fonts I've seen on programmingfonts.org so far. But just because a font is good or on par with my current one doesn't mean I'll use it. Force of habit is a big factor.
- exergy 7y ago
  The guy from PracticalTypography also recommends Source Code Pro as his free monospaced font of choice.
atomi 7y ago
Microsoft has another font called Cascadia which I think is their attempt to improve Fira Code.
- michaelcampbell 7y ago
  I've moved to it recently and is my new favorite. Mainly because my eyes are getting old so I don't need it to look good at 7 pt since I couldn't see it anyway. And I like thicker fonts like this. My one complaint is the tilde.
  - pdimitar 7y ago
    Have you tried Ubuntu Mono? It's not as thick but is quite readable. Also their bold variant might satisfy you if the regular doesn't. DejaVu Mono is also quite adequate.
zaat 7y ago
I found it terrible, not only because of the surplus personality, but due to aesthetic and readability issues. Readability - the r looks to me closer to an i, not the i of this font but a generic i, I find it confusing and it slows me down. Aesthetically - the f character have space before it that in many combinations cuts a word to two, for example in the word delightful. Generally the font is mono-spaced, but the space between and after characters varies a lot.
- uncletaco 7y ago
  I found it terribly incomplete. $40 and it can’t cover all four standard weights: regular, bold, italic, and bold italic. I believe it was last one, bold italic, that it was missing and the website is careful to obscure that fact.
  - aaronax 7y ago
    And the ridiculous of those italics glyphs. Like, who decided that the f and l should have huge decorative slings but not the g?
airstrike 7y ago
Ubuntu Mono is the only one that rivals Consolas, imho. I used Monaco for the longest time but keep coming back to one of these two
- pdimitar 7y ago
  I use Monaco for coding and Ubuntu Mono for my terminals, for years. Best combo so far although Agave does look nice.
tenaciousDaniel 7y ago
Too much of the cursive can damage readability, but if it's constrained, then it actually helps a lot. I use Dank Mono and write primarily in JS. I use the cursive for things like `let` and `const`, which helps them stand out. It's a very nice typeface, well worth the money.

by exergy 7y ago

INTPenis 7y ago

Do I like Dank Mono? I am indifferent to it. It hasn't sold me on switching from Source Code Pro. It's better than a lot of other fonts I've seen on programmingfonts.org so far. But just because a font is good or on par with my current one doesn't mean I'll use it. Force of habit is a big factor.

exergy 7y ago
The guy from PracticalTypography also recommends Source Code Pro as his free monospaced font of choice.

atomi 7y ago

Microsoft has another font called Cascadia which I think is their attempt to improve Fira Code.

michaelcampbell 7y ago
I've moved to it recently and is my new favorite. Mainly because my eyes are getting old so I don't need it to look good at 7 pt since I couldn't see it anyway. And I like thicker fonts like this. My one complaint is the tilde.
- pdimitar 7y ago
  Have you tried Ubuntu Mono? It's not as thick but is quite readable. Also their bold variant might satisfy you if the regular doesn't. DejaVu Mono is also quite adequate.

zaat 7y ago

I found it terrible, not only because of the surplus personality, but due to aesthetic and readability issues. Readability - the r looks to me closer to an i, not the i of this font but a generic i, I find it confusing and it slows me down. Aesthetically - the f character have space before it that in many combinations cuts a word to two, for example in the word delightful. Generally the font is mono-spaced, but the space between and after characters varies a lot.

uncletaco 7y ago
I found it terribly incomplete. $40 and it can’t cover all four standard weights: regular, bold, italic, and bold italic. I believe it was last one, bold italic, that it was missing and the website is careful to obscure that fact.
- aaronax 7y ago
  And the ridiculous of those italics glyphs. Like, who decided that the f and l should have huge decorative slings but not the g?

airstrike 7y ago

Ubuntu Mono is the only one that rivals Consolas, imho. I used Monaco for the longest time but keep coming back to one of these two

pdimitar 7y ago
I use Monaco for coding and Ubuntu Mono for my terminals, for years. Best combo so far although Agave does look nice.

tenaciousDaniel 7y ago

Too much of the cursive can damage readability, but if it's constrained, then it actually helps a lot. I use Dank Mono and write primarily in JS. I use the cursive for things like `let` and `const`, which helps them stand out. It's a very nice typeface, well worth the money.