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Would be cool if it was possible to run it as a blind tournament to avoid subconsciously choosing my current font (although it's still possible to just recogniz

by k4rli 5y ago

Would be cool if it was possible to run it as a blind tournament to avoid subconsciously choosing my current font (although it's still possible to just recognize it). I ended up with my current IDE font (Fira Code) winning. Could be that I just prefer this font or I'd accidentally gone with a familiar option.

wentin 5y ago
Blind mode is a very good and popular suggestion! I also get the same idea from Twitter! I implemented it, now there is a toggle button to turn on blind mode. Try it out, maybe you will end up with something else this time, who knows?!
WithinReason 5y ago
That's my favorite font as well, next to Iosevka which was missing from the fonts listed. My main reason for liking both is ligatures support, which the website failed to show off.
- akuji1993 5y ago
  Yeah the comparison is kinda incomplete without showing the ligature support of both fonts.
- antihero 5y ago
  Any font can have ligatures now https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer
simse 5y ago
Yeah that'd be super cool, I also ended picking the one I already use.
iampivot 5y ago
Concur! It would be nice to hide the font name.
karmakaze 5y ago
It would also be neat if it identified any properties that were shared in many of your top picks. A higher than average x-height would probably be on my list. One property that might make that list is whitespace between lines. This one is misleading though since it can be adjusted when rendering (in some IDEs) with leading.
akuji1993 5y ago
> I ended up with my current IDE font Same for me, even the same font as for you, Fira. I just find it very clear and simple and it supports a great set of ligatures. A lot of other fonts I didn't like at all. So maybe I subconciously chose this, but I feel it's also just a reflection of my demands for a coding font.
b3morales 5y ago
Interesting; I discarded the one I currently use in a matchup in the middle and ended up discovering a new one to try. But I agree that it might be good to try it anonymized -- I was very impressed by the eventual winner when I saw it early on, and I remembered its name. I could feel myself slightly favoring it in later matches. Then again, maybe that's a reasonable part of the process -- this isn't really an objective judgement to be making in the first place. Single elimination also isn't likely to produce the "one true" result, unless the initial pairings were very carefully chosen to partition the design space. (I think they were random, so the result is somewhat arbitrary.) Still a fun little exercise, though.
meowface 5y ago
Also ended up with Fira Code, which I already use. Would feel a little more satisfying if the whole thing was blinded A/B testing, but I'm fairly confident I do just prefer Fira Code over the others.
mattmoss 5y ago
I currently use Fira Code, and I tried to focus on the text comparisons without consideration of the font names. I ended up picking Noto Sans Mono by a very slim margin over Fira Code. Interesting...

by k4rli 5y ago

wentin 5y ago

Blind mode is a very good and popular suggestion! I also get the same idea from Twitter! I implemented it, now there is a toggle button to turn on blind mode. Try it out, maybe you will end up with something else this time, who knows?!

WithinReason 5y ago

That's my favorite font as well, next to Iosevka which was missing from the fonts listed. My main reason for liking both is ligatures support, which the website failed to show off.

akuji1993 5y ago
Yeah the comparison is kinda incomplete without showing the ligature support of both fonts.
antihero 5y ago
Any font can have ligatures now https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer

simse 5y ago

Yeah that'd be super cool, I also ended picking the one I already use.

iampivot 5y ago

Concur! It would be nice to hide the font name.

karmakaze 5y ago

It would also be neat if it identified any properties that were shared in many of your top picks. A higher than average x-height would probably be on my list. One property that might make that list is whitespace between lines. This one is misleading though since it can be adjusted when rendering (in some IDEs) with leading.

akuji1993 5y ago

> I ended up with my current IDE font Same for me, even the same font as for you, Fira. I just find it very clear and simple and it supports a great set of ligatures. A lot of other fonts I didn't like at all. So maybe I subconciously chose this, but I feel it's also just a reflection of my demands for a coding font.

b3morales 5y ago

Interesting; I discarded the one I currently use in a matchup in the middle and ended up discovering a new one to try. But I agree that it might be good to try it anonymized -- I was very impressed by the eventual winner when I saw it early on, and I remembered its name. I could feel myself slightly favoring it in later matches. Then again, maybe that's a reasonable part of the process -- this isn't really an objective judgement to be making in the first place. Single elimination also isn't likely to produce the "one true" result, unless the initial pairings were very carefully chosen to partition the design space. (I think they were random, so the result is somewhat arbitrary.) Still a fun little exercise, though.

meowface 5y ago

Also ended up with Fira Code, which I already use. Would feel a little more satisfying if the whole thing was blinded A/B testing, but I'm fairly confident I do just prefer Fira Code over the others.

mattmoss 5y ago

I currently use Fira Code, and I tried to focus on the text comparisons without consideration of the font names. I ended up picking Noto Sans Mono by a very slim margin over Fira Code. Interesting...