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This is a great-looking font, very well put together and a lot of thought put in to make it great for code. That being said, fonts are very personal. I compar
by athenot 7y ago
This is a great-looking font, very well put together and a lot of thought put in to make it great for code.
That being said, fonts are very personal.
I compared it to PT Mono (Public Type, another open-source font) and have these observations:
- Ligatures in JB are beautiful. I'm still undecided whether I like them in my code but the aesthetic value is pleasing.
- Weight of JB Regular is heavier than PT.
- Italics are well designed.
- Character spacing is too wide. Words (eg. for identifiers) loose some of their shape and look more like a stream of disjoint characters. Subtle but going back and forth between the 2 fonts, this is the first thing that jumped out. That being said, this would probably benefit code that's rich in symbol characters.
All in all, I'm glad this font exists, it is beautiful. But for my own use, I will stick with my trusty PT Mono.
- LoSboccacc 7y ago> Words (eg. for identifiers) loose some of their shape yeah this is what I noticed as well from samples and testing out on my code, same reason I'm not keen on Fira but prefer Consolas, letters are less regular and words have a different rhythm at a glance.
- squaresmile 7y agoI have the same experience with Fira Mono and Consolas. Interestingly, I quite enjoy Fira Sans, setting it as my phone's main font and Chrome's sans-serif font (had to change HN's CSS to change its comment font). The "sleekness" of Fira Sans feels pleasant but for monospace font, I prefer the "fullness" of Consolas. Maybe it's because I read code slower than I read Internet text.