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Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?
I recently discovered "FiraCode Nerd Font" and I've been using it everywhere as I setup a fresh new laptop.
Which programming font you currently swear to? I'm always interested in knowing cool fonts to use in my IDEs and terminals.
- jessikat 5y agoIt's non-free, but I really love Operator Mono.
- flickster 5y agoIosevka is my go-to font. I also really like its quasi-proportional style for regular text editing. https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka
- gedy 5y agoRecursive Sans Mono, casual or semicasual: https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive
- wstone 5y agoHack: https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/
- joshxyz 5y agoOperator Mono SSm Yes the pirated version lol
- ljoshua 5y agoIt’s an oldie but goodie, and still my favorite after trying many different programming typefaces: Adobe Source Code Pro. https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/ https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/
- adgjlsfhk1 5y agoIf you use a language that has a bunch of unicode (especially Julia), JuliaMono is really good. It does a lot of very nice symbol alignment.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 5y agoI also use Julia Mono. Used monospaced san-serif fonts for so long, but just recently found that serifs is just a little bit quicker to read.
- luckman212 5y agoJetBrains Mono
- neetrain 5y ago> JetBrains Mono Same. It requires least amount of energy to read.
- paradaux 5y ago100%. I love this font, I've switched my terminal emulator and GEdit to use it too. It's available under the SIL Open Font License as well, which is pretty neat — not that I have any use for a monospaced font outside of personal use
- foobarbaz33 5y agoUbuntu Mono
- mrath 5y agoI switch between Fira Code, mononoki and Cascadia Code
- bitwize 5y agoI'm partial to bitmap (or bitmap-like) fonts, esp. those derived from computers I once had or aspired to have. Current favorites are the Tandy2K font from the Ultimate PC Font Pack, the Atari ST 8X16 font, and Amiga Topaz (all variants). For graphical Emacs, Iosevka.
- LanternLight83 5y ago> For graphical Emacs, Iosevka Seconding Iosevka! It's great font, and I've been meaning to check out the customization available online. (Though o do have a folder of my favorite PC Font Pack fonts, just not for everyday use :p)
- 5e92cb50239222b 5y agoBitmap fonts also look great on low-quality, low resolution monitors (like my 82 DPI crap). Vector fonts give blurry text on medium to low sizes, and are simply unreadable with really small text.
- bitwize 5y agoThat's the wonderful thing about bitmap fonts: they're designed to be readable even in less than ideal display conditions because they were made for old-school CRTs and some of them even for dot matrix LED signs and the like. And I don't really mean in the "reading for pleasure" sense, you don't want to curl up with a New Yorker article rendered in Atari ST 8x16. But in the "all characters are visibly obviously distinct" sense, so when you are scrutinizing a piece of code, it's absolutely clear what character is what, so you can find and fix bugs and follow the flow.
- twalla 5y agoIn order of preference/reverse chronological order - all patched w/ NerdFont: - Fira Code Mono - Inconsolata (This is basically Consolas w/ a permissive license and slightly different spacing) - Consolas (MS Font so not free per se but easy enough to find floating around)
- smilekzs 5y agoAfter all these years, I still find myself preferring NF-patched Consolas to newer code fonts. It has a pleasantly "unoffensive" look that tends to not divert my attention to the font itself --- can't take this quality for granted when it comes to other fonts, IMHO.
- twalla 5y agoGive Inconsolata a try, I moved on to that from Consolas after I got tired of hunting down a copy of the font and manually patching it each time I set up a new workstation.
- tscopp 5y agoStarted as a joke, ended as a preference: https://github.com/dtinth/comic-mono-font https://github.com/dtinth/comic-mono-font
- 37ef_ced3 5y agoThe Go Programming Language's monospaced TrueType font: https://go.dev/blog/go-fonts https://go.dev/blog/go-fonts Best font I've ever used, by a mile.
- rudilee 5y agoInput - https://input.djr.com/ https://input.djr.com/ I use the narrow proportional variant, except when code in Go.
- schainks 5y agoInconsolata is my programming font. Also! This game was mentioned recently here to help the undecided or those looking for something new: https://www.codingfont.com/ https://www.codingfont.com/
- iwebdevfromhome 5y agoThat is a great resource! Thanks for sharing. I was looking for a website that helped me compare two different fonts but this works too.
- riders_of_____ 5y agoIBM Plex Mono
- Guvante 5y agoPragmataPro it is paid but it has been great. https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/
- tehno 5y agoI second this, love its narrow width and compact line height, fits quite a bit more info on the terminal and editor than other fonts.
- lucasyvas 5y agoOffice Code Pro
- ab_testing 5y agoSource Code Pro
- ncmncm 5y agoSCP is basically just Consolas with one scan line in the middle dropped.
- __d 5y agofixed, aka 6x13.
- jack1243star 5y agoFantasque Sans Mono [0] for vector font, and Cozette [1] for bitmap font. [0]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans [1]: https://github.com/slavfox/Cozette https://github.com/slavfox/Cozette
- JamesLeonis 5y agoI've used Code New Roman for a while now, though I'm unironically looking at that Comic Mono now...
- fzil 5y agoAbsolutely in love with Iosevka!
- sharmi 5y agoJetBrains Mono. Previously <=Fira Code <= Fantasque Sans Mono <= Source Code Pro When I don't have access to these, Dejavu Sans Mono or Ubuntu Mono
- emschlr 5y agoMonaco
- Jiocus 5y ago3270.
- mavelikara 5y agoMonaco
- vivab0rg 5y agoThe one font I keep coming back to. Forever.
- derekpankaew 5y agoMonaco, Visual Studio Code's default font.
- ncmncm 5y agoInconsolata, all the way.
- gbraad 5y agoOld Topaz as used on the Amiga
- bmitc 5y agoConsolas I don't know why Microsoft doesn't ship it with Visual Studio Code on all platforms, but on macOS I get it by installing an Office product.
- anamax 5y agoCourier. Before that, VT52/100.
- robbedpeter 5y agoAlways, always, always link to things. https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
- xsace 5y agoSF Mono (https://developer.apple.com/fonts/ https://developer.apple.com/fonts/)
- karmab 5y agoSourceCodePro FiraCode Inconsolata, in that order
- slipwalker 5y agoFira Code iScript https://github.com/kencrocken/FiraCodeiScript https://github.com/kencrocken/FiraCodeiScript
- cercatrova 5y agoSF Mono even on non Apple machines. I use the Powerline versions do I can use fancy terminals.
- ksherlock 5y agoPica 10.
- a-saleh 5y agoFira Code with ligatures enabled. Mostly because I still like ligatures?
- ryanchants 5y agoDank Mono: https://philpl.gumroad.com/l/dank-mono https://philpl.gumroad.com/l/dank-mono Totally worth the $40.
- smoldesu 5y agoThis is peak cargo-cult right here.
- going_ham 5y agoTry Isoveka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka It allows you to see more. Everything suddenly starts making sense and every other fonts will feel ..... different .....