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Programming Fonts

283 points by olalonde 4y ago

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alpaca128 4y ago
I recently switched to Iosevka's serif variant ("Slab") in the terminal and it looks interesting, maybe I'll keep it that way. The linked site only has the standard version.
- quink 4y ago
  Iosevka Slab has been my go to for a while now. The only thing that’s still missing to make it near perfect is a proper variable font variant.
- qbasic_forever 4y ago
  Iosevka is awesome for terminals, especially the terminal specific variant. It's made to be dense yet readable so you can fit lots of characters across the screen. Looks fantastic with TUI apps like htop, etc.
BossingAround 4y ago
Great site! I love that you can choose languages and different IDE styles. Font comparisons would push the site to the next level though.
firexcy 4y ago
Have been following this site for years. I also like checking the repo's commit history page [0] which is essentially a "what's new" for programming fonts. [0]: https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/commits/gh-pages https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/commits/gh-pages I also find monospaced fonts ideal for immersive reading due to their crude, un-decorated vibe which is good for keeping attention. So whenever I want to read a long article but don't bother saving it to Instapaper, I turn on the Dark Reader add-on, which changes all web fonts to a monospaced font I specified and cover the page with a sepia tone.
dmillar 4y ago
Cool. But when I first load the page, what font am I looking at? Also, no Menlo?
- Daneel_ 4y ago
  Menlo and Consolas (my go-to font) are both missing. I imagine they can only use publicly-licensed fonts on the website.
kkarpkkarp 4y ago
nice! would be perfect to have ability to compare two types side by side and this way, with repeating steps of comparison choose the perfect one for yourself.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  Something like https://www.codingfont.com https://www.codingfont.com might work for you
  - kkarpkkarp 4y ago
    exactly, thanks!
  - rpastuszak 4y ago
    Heh, I disabled the font names to avoid bias and ended up choosing my current font. No more yak shaving then.
- jraph 4y ago
  It could be done by opening two browser windows side by side
  - kkarpkkarp 4y ago
    god, i am so stupid ;)
moelf 4y ago
https://www.programmingfonts.org/#julia-mono https://www.programmingfonts.org/#julia-mono FTW
toinewx 4y ago
I use SF Mono
- malshe 4y ago
  That's my choice too. It is clean and easy to read. Additionally, I found that when I share my screen on Zoom, students can easily read my code when I am using SF Mono.
throwaway102233 4y ago
I've been using Berkeley Mono [0] since it got released, it's a paid font which would normally be a no go for me, however the author is super responsive, and the font looks wonderful on my devices, so happy to support it. Ligature support is coming soon also)) [0] https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono (in hindsight it may look weird that I'm endorsing this from a throwaway - old habits die hard I guess...)
- neilpanchal 4y ago
  Thanks. We'll do ligatures, but it won't be like anything else out there. > There is an unspoken expectation that 1 key press = 1 symbol printed on the screen. That shouldn't be violated in our view. A lot of our customers have requested ligatures, so we're working on them. But it will be anything but typical in Berkeley Mono. https://twitter.com/berkeleygfx/status/1515047847506325508 https://twitter.com/berkeleygfx/status/1515047847506325508
- runnerup 4y ago
  Why does this font have at least 3 different zeroes? It doesn't seem consistent and creates additional confusion between alpha O and number 0.
  - monkey_monkey 4y ago
    You can choose which zero you want when you download the font package. What's inconsistent about this?
    - runnerup 4y ago
      I didn’t realize you could choose a particular consistent zero. I just kept seeing arbitrary zeroes on subsequent lines of one single example text block without that context.
      - monkey_monkey 4y ago
miffe 4y ago
These types of sites seems to always be missing my favorite programming font. Pragmata Pro. https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/
- baruchel 4y ago
  Pragmata Pro is not a publicly-licensed font and can't be embbeded in such a site. Are you aware of Iosevka however? It is a similarily ambitious project. The glyphs have several variants and you can get some variant sharing many features with Pragmata Pro. I asked once for a very specific Unicode character, which was added in the following weeks.
  - innocenat 4y ago
    The downside of Isaevka is that next time you know it, it's already version 553.12.3 or something.
    - pinsl 4y ago
      how is that a downside?
    - prmoustache 4y ago
      And your computer suddently burst into flame if you aren't using the latest version?
      - lillecarl 4y ago
        If you use a package manager to install them it's inconvenient with upgrades all the time.
  - wakeupcall 4y ago
    I bought the full set of Pragmata Pro on sale, but I also really like Iosevka. If you like the style (slender/condensed), both are very appealing. Pragmata Pro is several notches above in overall quality IMHO. Hand-hinting at smaller sizes makes a world of difference if this is important to you. This means you can use the same font from low-res console to a 4k monitor and will consistently look wonderful. At higher DPI settings, Pragmata has a more cohesive sense of style. This is hard to quantify as it's quite subjective, but as pixel-perfect issues go away, the overall artistic direction start to become very important IMHO. The fact that this is done by a single individual shows in both little details and overall direction. I'm not trying to push Pragmata, I just want to say that I think the price is fully justified and absolutely worth it. The work that went into the fontset is absolutely huge. And as I said before, I also like Iosevka. Wonderful effort as well. It's slightly less packed, which I'm not super-fond of, and I find it only really shines if you have a high-DPI monitor. I use the different stylistic sets in my editor to subtly highlight different keywords.
SPBS 4y ago
I just use whatever is the default in the terminal or IDE. I used to care (it was either Consolas or Source Code Pro for me) but now I find it easier to just not care about it.
- KronisLV 4y ago
  I'm kind of torn about this, personally. For the most part, the defaults are fine, however in an enterprise setting I also find myself benefitting from fonts that are readable at smaller sizes. Some fonts out there are just more compact vertically and more readable at smaller sizes, like Cousine/Liberation Mono.
- OCISLY 4y ago
  I do the same. Reasonable deattachment from a form brings freedom to focus on a meaning.
  - avereveard 4y ago
    O0 and 1Il clarity is a big issue for me. Apart from that, yes.
okasaki 4y ago
I find jetbrains mono the most pleasant to use of the ones I've tried: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ Though admittedly I haven't tried any of the expensive paid fonts.
- deleted 4y ago
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- noisy_boy 4y ago
  That along with Hack and Fantasque Sans have been very nice to use for me.
- thejosh 4y ago
  I really like their font on my MacBook. The other one I use on my desktop is the Dejavu sans mono nerdfont or whatever it is called, it's the nicest looking "normal" font I've found that I like on 1440p on Linux.
- memorable 4y ago
  I find Jetbrains Mono to be a pleasant font, but I like Iosevka more. Just an opinion.
  - sph 4y ago
    Condensed fonts masterrace. Most programming fonts are just too wide, but Iosevka is just perfect. I've been loving Noto Sans Mono Condensed these days as well.
jalino23 4y ago
My eyes have been enjoying these for the past couple months: comic sans but for code! https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code I don't know if it's sunk cost fallacy cause I paid $30 or it's actually really damn good !
- BossingAround 4y ago
  I don't understand why, but it looks really cool! I might want to try it for a few days.
- tommica 4y ago
  This is my go to font - its so easy to look at, and enjoyable to work with!
- speedgoose 4y ago
  I have been using it for a bit more than a year, very much worth its price. I like it, it’s very readable for me, and I don’t spend time looking at other fonts anymore because I paid for one so I must use it.
- wildrhythms 4y ago
  I love this one! It freaks out my coworkers when they see it, but it's very readable and aesthetically pleasing.
- yardshop 4y ago
  I bought it a couple years ago too and use it in most of my editors and consoles. It's very comforting!
- onetom 4y ago
  I also bought Comic Code just ~2 months ago. Used Fantasque Mono before it. I was quite happy with that, but compared to Comic Code, it just feels soul-less... If you don't have the money though, it's a great alternative. Otherwise I would highly recommend the Ubuntu fonts, because they are very well hinted at smaller sizes and look great without antialiasing too, just like Envy Code R!
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oxff 4y ago
I do not need a programming font, I need a nice serif font for when I take notes in `.md` files. Georgia looks ugly in the editor.
- flobosg 4y ago
  A slab serif monospaced font or a typewriter one might be good alternatives.
- wildrhythms 4y ago
  Serif for .md is great until the markdown rendering engine requires spaces indenting for nested lists.
- jszymborski 4y ago
  I don't mind a nice serif in my editor. I often switch to Besley*[0] for my markdown or latex docs. [0] https://indestructibletype.com/Besley.html https://indestructibletype.com/Besley.html
yonrg 4y ago
Great site! The zero glyph needs the dot/slash inside imo. I'm surprised there are fonts without it Edit: Oh, I just discovered the filter buttons on top. Wonderful!
bwidlar 4y ago
Luculent, my favorite, I cant keep out this font. Thanks to Andrew Kensler, the author. https://www.programmingfonts.org/#luculent https://www.programmingfonts.org/#luculent
bluenose69 4y ago
After trying quite a few, I settled on IBM Plex Mono quite a while back, and haven't seen any reason to switch, since. It's clear, the symbols are distinct (no confusion of zero and letter-o, no confusion of 1 and letter-l, etc), and it's easy on my eyes.
shaicoleman 4y ago
There are a couple of things missing from this tool to be useful to me. * Filter only fonts that have bold/italic styles. Faux bold/italic looks awful. * Filter by language support. If fonts don't support the Latin Extended range, then words in other languages switch to the fallback font in the middle of the word. * Show fonts side by side For filtering, Font Squirrel [1] can be used. This example filters fonts with bold/italic, open source license and latin extended language support. For comparing side by side, Coding Font [2] can be used. Cousine is my font of choice - it has very extensive language support (~2400 glyphs including Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic [3]), it supports bold/italic styles and it looks great. 1. https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/find_fonts?filter%5Bclassifications%5D%5B0%5D=monospaced&filter%5Bdownload%5D=local&filter%5Bfamily_size%5D=4&filter%5Blanguages%5D%5B0%5D=polish https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/find_fonts?filter%5B... 2. https://www.codingfont.com/ https://www.codingfont.com/ 3. https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cousine?q%5Bterm%5D=Cousine&q%5Bsearch_check%5D=Y https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cousine?q%5Bterm%5D=Cousi... (Glyphs tab)
- greymalik 4y ago
  I’d also like to be able to mark some as favorites and the filter by that. As I scroll through trying different options I want to remember the ones I liked best as I narrow it down from 111 candidates to something more manageable.
- pxeger1 4y ago
  Why do you want italics in a monospace font? I can't imagine ever wanting that.
  - smcn 4y ago
    Not OP but I don't use syntax highlighting, so italics makes the comments stand out a little for when I'm quickly scanning code.
    - thfuran 4y ago
      Why do you not use syntax highlighting?
syradar 4y ago
I really like Microsofts new standard font Cascadia Code. It comes with PowerLines, bold/cursive and ligatures.
- mmcnl 4y ago
  I also use this one. Very pleasing.
elcapitan 4y ago
I was thinking about when I ever use a non standard programming font, which is almost never. Just in iTerm i use a powerline-enabled font. But then I remembered that in most Mac applications that have code somewhere, I have to switch from Monaco to Menlo as a first configuration step. I wish the Mac had a system wide font preference setting for monospaced (and serif/sans) fonts.
spookylukey 4y ago
This is nice. With variable fonts, some of these fonts now are slightly under-represented - for example "Recursive" is really a large family, the website shows just one extreme point of a large multi-dimensional space. I'm currently enjoying using the "Recursive Mono Semicasual" variant of Recursive - https://www.recursive.design/ https://www.recursive.design/ . It adds just a little bit more fun that a typical mono font, especially at higher font sizes (e.g. for headings in Markdown in an editor).
- swah 4y ago
  For me, this is the only new piece of information in this thread! Thanks!
jojohohanon 4y ago
I always ask when one of these discussions comes up. Can anyone recommend a for that does all of these: * proportional (yes) * sans serif * has the common programming ligatures The proportional with programming ligatures bit tends to reduce the search space to zero. Oh and since we are volunteering, I like dank mono which I paid like $30 for.
- awsmith 4y ago
  Iosevka Aile (the proportional variant of Iosevka) meets all of these criteria. I’ve been using a customised version of the serif variant, Iosevka Etoile, for a while, and it’s been fantastic for both code and prose in my experience.
idbfs 4y ago
About once a year I see a cool new programming font and decide to try it out. Then, shortly after, I invariably switch back to DejaVu Sans Mono. I suspect that if I gave myself more time to acclimatize to the new font, I might even grow to prefer it. That, or perhaps DVSM is simply the perfect font for me.
rychco 4y ago
I strongly dislike the trend towards ligatures by default in newer fonts. Maybe it’s because I learned without them, but I find that the readability of code is far worse with ligatures. My personal favorite fonts at the moment are Jetbrains Mono & MonoLisa (both with ligatures disabled of course)
- s__s 4y ago
  My terminal emulator of choice (kitty) lets you configure it to render ligatures only when the text is not under the cursor. I’ve found this to be the best of both worlds. I like reading code with ligatures but would always get tripped up when editing.
- memorable 4y ago
  IMO ligatures makes it easier to recognize common symbols used in programming languages and also doesn't affect readability much. Maybe I am younger, but I don't see the problem here.
  - wildrhythms 4y ago
    I don't like it because it tends to combine two distinct characters into one (visually). A great example is '<=' being transformed into '≤' (Pragmata Pro[1] does this) I expect to see two characters, but instead I see one and expect to see a syntax error. [1] https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/
    - np_tedious 4y ago
      You expect that exactly because (like me) you've been seeing it for a long time. I suspect the age correlation parent suggested is a big factor
      - pmarreck 4y ago
        I don't know about this claimed correlation- I'm 50 and love ligatures
efortis 4y ago
Here's a side-by-side, mono and a proportional typeface I edited for camelCase readability. It has a 1/3 space to the left of the caps. I call it VerdanaCamel: https://twitter.com/efortis/status/1501988964198191113?s=20&t=P0Sc2Kgq5ltf-kqr3y0ltQ https://twitter.com/efortis/status/1501988964198191113?s=20&... The only cons I see is that it doesn't align to columns, but that should be a rendering feature on modern IDEs.
- mcluck 4y ago
  What an unusual font. I love the idea and originality but I can't say that I would use it. My fonts must be monospaced
kuon 4y ago
I love funky italic like cartograph or victor mono!!!
gws 4y ago
In the end you need to choose if you are going to spend all your time tweaking fonts, color schemes, and other settings or actually write software
- kadoban 4y ago
  You spend like 10 minutes once setting a font and then it stays for ~years. I doubt this is negatively affecting anyone's velocity.
- lillecarl 4y ago
  Selecting a font is quite far from ricing, and a good font will increase velocity, after all you read more code than you write.
pmarreck 4y ago
I've become a fan of Berkeley Mono of late, it's not one of the ones listed: https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono
bluedino 4y ago
We must be odd folks. Everyone I work with uses Courier New in their editor and in Putty. Thankfully VS Code uses a same default.
- sigzero 4y ago
  And it's everywhere. I tend to drop in "Courier Prime Code" as it is a little sharper and easier to read.
rbanffy 4y ago
I recently updated my 3270 font to the newest version, with much better hinting than the previous ones. It’s a font based on the 3278-2 IBM terminal from the 1970’s. I like the straight lines and slightly taller numbers, as well as the characteristic S, 6, 9, and the dotted 0. I’d appreciate feedback and more testing.
- layer8 4y ago
  It’s this project I presume: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
  - rbanffy 4y ago
    Yes :-)
    - sigzero 4y ago
      Is the example on the programming fonts site correct? It looks like there are spacing issues to me. Look at "removeChildren". The "remove" part the letters are pretty much evenly spaced. The "Children" part looks like there is more of a gap between letters.
      - rbanffy 4y ago
        I’ll take a look. Rendering varies from platform to platform. It’d be helpful if you could screenshot it and report the issue on GitHub.
anamexis 4y ago
It's not for everyone, but the (paid) programming font that I fell I love with is Codelia. It's got a dose of whimsy to it, but not too much, and is an all-around extremely readable and usable coding font. https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia
- crispyalmond 4y ago
  I've been using this font daily for many months now, fantastic font. It comes at a cost, but it's been worth it for me.
leoncvlt 4y ago
I'm coding on a 1080p screen and I still very much prefer pixel-perfect fonts - Terminus (https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/ https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/) has been my font of choice, with proggy clean being a close second (use it for terminal panels and such). I see the site has a filter toggle to show those but with modern browser forcing anti-aliasing on all text, that's pretty uselesas. On a related note, I noticed that there are a few fonts which seems to ignore system-wide or browser-wide antialiasing settings - one example would be the "MS Gothic" font, visible on this site: https://fountainofdreams.net/ https://fountainofdreams.net/ where all text is crisp as hell. Why is this?
- layer8 4y ago
  Similarly for me, I find fonts without hinting to be useless at small sizes. Still haven’t found a better font than Lucida Console for coding.
  - onetom 4y ago
    Envy Code R is pretty will hinted between the 10-16px range. i used it without antialiasing any it's great on lower resolutions. u can still pack a lot of code onto a (sub)FullHD screen readably.
    - layer8 4y ago
      Thanks, I’ll have to give it a try, although one thing I don’t like is the concave-towards-the-tip style of curly braces that it uses. By that, I mean that I prefer each half (upper and lower) of the brace to only go in one direction horizontally, and not go back in the other horizontal direction before it reaches the tip where both halves meet. Are there good names for these two different styles?
- mpyne 4y ago
  That website appears to specifically try to disable antialiasing with CSS properties (though for some reason both Chrome and Firefox still antialias the font text anyways). Also, bitmap fonts won't be antialiased anyways, and it's possible to make vector fonts that define their shapes in 'pixelated' shapes as well, though that's not something you commonly see.
wigster 4y ago
whats going on with the words null/true/false? in the editor with the default font (cartograph?) it uses "curly" fonts just for these. is this some standard feature of certain editors?
- clashmoore 4y ago
  Italics. Editor settings can assign italic characters, if the font has them, to keywords or word type (like comments).
toastal 4y ago
Are there monospace typefaces that support abugidas well as everything supported is usually Latin and Cyrillic scripts–or is this a just limitation of how monospace works?
r3trohack3r 4y ago
Adding a plug for Nerd Fonts: https://www.nerdfonts.com/ https://www.nerdfonts.com/ Unaffiliated with the project, but it’s completely changed the font game for me on Unix. Haven’t seen a missing Unicode character since switching. I’m also using the glyphs with i3bar to show battery and Wi-Fi status.
amir734jj 4y ago
Where is Monaco font?
- antiframe 4y ago
  My guess is locked behind Apple's restrictive license. Programming Fonts only features fonts with unburdened licenses. You don't see Menlo there either.
cosmiccatnap 4y ago
I like big chunky but rounded fonts so Hack has served me well now for the better part of a decade.
cormullion 4y ago
https://devfonts.gafi.dev https://devfonts.gafi.dev is also a good resource
beaker52 4y ago
I've always faffed around with my font and schemes until about 3-4 years ago - now I just take the default everything.
meanmrmustard92 4y ago
TIL Luc Devroye has time to design and maintain fonts. Legend.
for1nner 4y ago
I find Hermit very pleasant to read - it's definitely got some uniqueness and "decisions" about the style that I can see would bother many people. I find it cute.
Larrikin 4y ago
The last time I spent time looking into a font I ended up going with MesloLGS + NerdFont. I never see people recommend it or talk about it but its been perfect for me. I wonder if theres been new developments that make other fonts better, or if its just a little old and not promoted anymore. I use it for programming and all my terminals and haven't found a reason to bother with anything else https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#meslo-nerd-font-pat... https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public/blob/master/.local/share/fonts/NerdFonts/MesloLGS%20NF%20Regular.ttf https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public/blob/master/.loca...
- czottmann 4y ago
  Meslo LGS was my go-to for years! At some point I've lost my heart to Iosevka Mono for terminal work and both Ligalex Mono (ligatures-enabled IBM Plex Mono fork) and JetBrains Mono, though.
abraxas 4y ago
It really needs a non-dark theme for those of us who can't use a dark theme.
- spdustin 4y ago
  You can change the default Monokai theme using the button at the bottom of the font list. It doesn’t affect the list itself, but at least it updates the preview, which may be helpful to you.
  - abraxas 4y ago
    Oh, that's how you do that! Thanks. I could have spent more time looking for it but the dark theme really stings my eyes so I noped out of it too soon.
other_herbert 4y ago
Ok who else starred comic shanns? I’m going to at least try that one for a week
jszymborski 4y ago
I've taken to using Courier Code [0] (which is like the Courier Prime font but with dotted zeros and improved lower case L). Without the super spindly letters, Courier is just such a timeless monospaced font. It's boring enough to not distract but it also has so much character. The Prime versions really bring to mind typewritten documents and that makes me quite happy. [0] https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/courier-code https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/courier-code
bitwize 4y ago
The only monospaced vector fonts I've really liked are Iosevka and Envy Code R. Otherwise, give me raster, baby. Terminus, ttyp0, the Oldskool PC Font Pack fonts, Topaz (Amiga font), Atari ST font, even something like Proggy Clean. Back in the 96dpi days, 7x13 was my jam. Those ancient, ugly glyphs are distinguishable across the room in less than ideal display conditions which is why I love them when staring at code for hours at a go. I may be a nostalgic grognard, and today's programmers may well be justified in preferring their IDEs in eggshell with Romalian type, but there you have it.
tonixx 4y ago

283 points by olalonde 4y ago

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I recently switched to Iosevka's serif variant ("Slab") in the terminal and it looks interesting, maybe I'll keep it that way. The linked site only has the standard version.

quink 4y ago
Iosevka Slab has been my go to for a while now. The only thing that’s still missing to make it near perfect is a proper variable font variant.
qbasic_forever 4y ago
Iosevka is awesome for terminals, especially the terminal specific variant. It's made to be dense yet readable so you can fit lots of characters across the screen. Looks fantastic with TUI apps like htop, etc.

BossingAround 4y ago

Great site! I love that you can choose languages and different IDE styles. Font comparisons would push the site to the next level though.

firexcy 4y ago

Have been following this site for years. I also like checking the repo's commit history page [0] which is essentially a "what's new" for programming fonts. [0]: https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/commits/gh-pages https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/commits/gh-pages I also find monospaced fonts ideal for immersive reading due to their crude, un-decorated vibe which is good for keeping attention. So whenever I want to read a long article but don't bother saving it to Instapaper, I turn on the Dark Reader add-on, which changes all web fonts to a monospaced font I specified and cover the page with a sepia tone.

dmillar 4y ago

Cool. But when I first load the page, what font am I looking at? Also, no Menlo?

Daneel_ 4y ago
Menlo and Consolas (my go-to font) are both missing. I imagine they can only use publicly-licensed fonts on the website.

kkarpkkarp 4y ago

nice! would be perfect to have ability to compare two types side by side and this way, with repeating steps of comparison choose the perfect one for yourself.

zimpenfish 4y ago
Something like https://www.codingfont.com https://www.codingfont.com might work for you
- kkarpkkarp 4y ago
  exactly, thanks!
- rpastuszak 4y ago
  Heh, I disabled the font names to avoid bias and ended up choosing my current font. No more yak shaving then.
jraph 4y ago
It could be done by opening two browser windows side by side
- kkarpkkarp 4y ago
  god, i am so stupid ;)

moelf 4y ago

https://www.programmingfonts.org/#julia-mono https://www.programmingfonts.org/#julia-mono FTW

toinewx 4y ago

I use SF Mono

malshe 4y ago
That's my choice too. It is clean and easy to read. Additionally, I found that when I share my screen on Zoom, students can easily read my code when I am using SF Mono.

throwaway102233 4y ago

I've been using Berkeley Mono [0] since it got released, it's a paid font which would normally be a no go for me, however the author is super responsive, and the font looks wonderful on my devices, so happy to support it. Ligature support is coming soon also)) [0] https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono (in hindsight it may look weird that I'm endorsing this from a throwaway - old habits die hard I guess...)

neilpanchal 4y ago
Thanks. We'll do ligatures, but it won't be like anything else out there. > There is an unspoken expectation that 1 key press = 1 symbol printed on the screen. That shouldn't be violated in our view. A lot of our customers have requested ligatures, so we're working on them. But it will be anything but typical in Berkeley Mono. https://twitter.com/berkeleygfx/status/1515047847506325508 https://twitter.com/berkeleygfx/status/1515047847506325508
runnerup 4y ago
Why does this font have at least 3 different zeroes? It doesn't seem consistent and creates additional confusion between alpha O and number 0.
- monkey_monkey 4y ago
  You can choose which zero you want when you download the font package. What's inconsistent about this?
  - runnerup 4y ago
    I didn’t realize you could choose a particular consistent zero. I just kept seeing arbitrary zeroes on subsequent lines of one single example text block without that context.
    - monkey_monkey 4y ago

miffe 4y ago

These types of sites seems to always be missing my favorite programming font. Pragmata Pro. https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

baruchel 4y ago
Pragmata Pro is not a publicly-licensed font and can't be embbeded in such a site. Are you aware of Iosevka however? It is a similarily ambitious project. The glyphs have several variants and you can get some variant sharing many features with Pragmata Pro. I asked once for a very specific Unicode character, which was added in the following weeks.
- innocenat 4y ago
  The downside of Isaevka is that next time you know it, it's already version 553.12.3 or something.
  - pinsl 4y ago
    how is that a downside?
  - prmoustache 4y ago
    And your computer suddently burst into flame if you aren't using the latest version?
    - lillecarl 4y ago
      If you use a package manager to install them it's inconvenient with upgrades all the time.
- wakeupcall 4y ago
  I bought the full set of Pragmata Pro on sale, but I also really like Iosevka. If you like the style (slender/condensed), both are very appealing. Pragmata Pro is several notches above in overall quality IMHO. Hand-hinting at smaller sizes makes a world of difference if this is important to you. This means you can use the same font from low-res console to a 4k monitor and will consistently look wonderful. At higher DPI settings, Pragmata has a more cohesive sense of style. This is hard to quantify as it's quite subjective, but as pixel-perfect issues go away, the overall artistic direction start to become very important IMHO. The fact that this is done by a single individual shows in both little details and overall direction. I'm not trying to push Pragmata, I just want to say that I think the price is fully justified and absolutely worth it. The work that went into the fontset is absolutely huge. And as I said before, I also like Iosevka. Wonderful effort as well. It's slightly less packed, which I'm not super-fond of, and I find it only really shines if you have a high-DPI monitor. I use the different stylistic sets in my editor to subtly highlight different keywords.

SPBS 4y ago

I just use whatever is the default in the terminal or IDE. I used to care (it was either Consolas or Source Code Pro for me) but now I find it easier to just not care about it.

KronisLV 4y ago
I'm kind of torn about this, personally. For the most part, the defaults are fine, however in an enterprise setting I also find myself benefitting from fonts that are readable at smaller sizes. Some fonts out there are just more compact vertically and more readable at smaller sizes, like Cousine/Liberation Mono.
OCISLY 4y ago
I do the same. Reasonable deattachment from a form brings freedom to focus on a meaning.
- avereveard 4y ago
  O0 and 1Il clarity is a big issue for me. Apart from that, yes.

okasaki 4y ago

I find jetbrains mono the most pleasant to use of the ones I've tried: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ Though admittedly I haven't tried any of the expensive paid fonts.

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noisy_boy 4y ago
That along with Hack and Fantasque Sans have been very nice to use for me.
thejosh 4y ago
I really like their font on my MacBook. The other one I use on my desktop is the Dejavu sans mono nerdfont or whatever it is called, it's the nicest looking "normal" font I've found that I like on 1440p on Linux.
memorable 4y ago
I find Jetbrains Mono to be a pleasant font, but I like Iosevka more. Just an opinion.
- sph 4y ago
  Condensed fonts masterrace. Most programming fonts are just too wide, but Iosevka is just perfect. I've been loving Noto Sans Mono Condensed these days as well.

jalino23 4y ago

My eyes have been enjoying these for the past couple months: comic sans but for code! https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code I don't know if it's sunk cost fallacy cause I paid $30 or it's actually really damn good !

BossingAround 4y ago
I don't understand why, but it looks really cool! I might want to try it for a few days.
tommica 4y ago
This is my go to font - its so easy to look at, and enjoyable to work with!
speedgoose 4y ago
I have been using it for a bit more than a year, very much worth its price. I like it, it’s very readable for me, and I don’t spend time looking at other fonts anymore because I paid for one so I must use it.
wildrhythms 4y ago
I love this one! It freaks out my coworkers when they see it, but it's very readable and aesthetically pleasing.
yardshop 4y ago
I bought it a couple years ago too and use it in most of my editors and consoles. It's very comforting!
onetom 4y ago
I also bought Comic Code just ~2 months ago. Used Fantasque Mono before it. I was quite happy with that, but compared to Comic Code, it just feels soul-less... If you don't have the money though, it's a great alternative. Otherwise I would highly recommend the Ubuntu fonts, because they are very well hinted at smaller sizes and look great without antialiasing too, just like Envy Code R!
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oxff 4y ago

I do not need a programming font, I need a nice serif font for when I take notes in `.md` files. Georgia looks ugly in the editor.

flobosg 4y ago
A slab serif monospaced font or a typewriter one might be good alternatives.
wildrhythms 4y ago
Serif for .md is great until the markdown rendering engine requires spaces indenting for nested lists.
jszymborski 4y ago
I don't mind a nice serif in my editor. I often switch to Besley*[0] for my markdown or latex docs. [0] https://indestructibletype.com/Besley.html https://indestructibletype.com/Besley.html

yonrg 4y ago

Great site! The zero glyph needs the dot/slash inside imo. I'm surprised there are fonts without it Edit: Oh, I just discovered the filter buttons on top. Wonderful!

bwidlar 4y ago

Luculent, my favorite, I cant keep out this font. Thanks to Andrew Kensler, the author. https://www.programmingfonts.org/#luculent https://www.programmingfonts.org/#luculent

bluenose69 4y ago

After trying quite a few, I settled on IBM Plex Mono quite a while back, and haven't seen any reason to switch, since. It's clear, the symbols are distinct (no confusion of zero and letter-o, no confusion of 1 and letter-l, etc), and it's easy on my eyes.

shaicoleman 4y ago

There are a couple of things missing from this tool to be useful to me. * Filter only fonts that have bold/italic styles. Faux bold/italic looks awful. * Filter by language support. If fonts don't support the Latin Extended range, then words in other languages switch to the fallback font in the middle of the word. * Show fonts side by side For filtering, Font Squirrel [1] can be used. This example filters fonts with bold/italic, open source license and latin extended language support. For comparing side by side, Coding Font [2] can be used. Cousine is my font of choice - it has very extensive language support (~2400 glyphs including Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic [3]), it supports bold/italic styles and it looks great. 1. https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/find_fonts?filter%5Bclassifications%5D%5B0%5D=monospaced&filter%5Bdownload%5D=local&filter%5Bfamily_size%5D=4&filter%5Blanguages%5D%5B0%5D=polish https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/find_fonts?filter%5B... 2. https://www.codingfont.com/ https://www.codingfont.com/ 3. https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cousine?q%5Bterm%5D=Cousine&q%5Bsearch_check%5D=Y https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cousine?q%5Bterm%5D=Cousi... (Glyphs tab)

greymalik 4y ago
I’d also like to be able to mark some as favorites and the filter by that. As I scroll through trying different options I want to remember the ones I liked best as I narrow it down from 111 candidates to something more manageable.
pxeger1 4y ago
Why do you want italics in a monospace font? I can't imagine ever wanting that.
- smcn 4y ago
  Not OP but I don't use syntax highlighting, so italics makes the comments stand out a little for when I'm quickly scanning code.
  - thfuran 4y ago
    Why do you not use syntax highlighting?

syradar 4y ago

I really like Microsofts new standard font Cascadia Code. It comes with PowerLines, bold/cursive and ligatures.

mmcnl 4y ago
I also use this one. Very pleasing.

elcapitan 4y ago

I was thinking about when I ever use a non standard programming font, which is almost never. Just in iTerm i use a powerline-enabled font. But then I remembered that in most Mac applications that have code somewhere, I have to switch from Monaco to Menlo as a first configuration step. I wish the Mac had a system wide font preference setting for monospaced (and serif/sans) fonts.

spookylukey 4y ago

This is nice. With variable fonts, some of these fonts now are slightly under-represented - for example "Recursive" is really a large family, the website shows just one extreme point of a large multi-dimensional space. I'm currently enjoying using the "Recursive Mono Semicasual" variant of Recursive - https://www.recursive.design/ https://www.recursive.design/ . It adds just a little bit more fun that a typical mono font, especially at higher font sizes (e.g. for headings in Markdown in an editor).

swah 4y ago
For me, this is the only new piece of information in this thread! Thanks!

jojohohanon 4y ago

I always ask when one of these discussions comes up. Can anyone recommend a for that does all of these: * proportional (yes) * sans serif * has the common programming ligatures The proportional with programming ligatures bit tends to reduce the search space to zero. Oh and since we are volunteering, I like dank mono which I paid like $30 for.

awsmith 4y ago
Iosevka Aile (the proportional variant of Iosevka) meets all of these criteria. I’ve been using a customised version of the serif variant, Iosevka Etoile, for a while, and it’s been fantastic for both code and prose in my experience.

idbfs 4y ago

About once a year I see a cool new programming font and decide to try it out. Then, shortly after, I invariably switch back to DejaVu Sans Mono. I suspect that if I gave myself more time to acclimatize to the new font, I might even grow to prefer it. That, or perhaps DVSM is simply the perfect font for me.

rychco 4y ago

I strongly dislike the trend towards ligatures by default in newer fonts. Maybe it’s because I learned without them, but I find that the readability of code is far worse with ligatures. My personal favorite fonts at the moment are Jetbrains Mono & MonoLisa (both with ligatures disabled of course)

s__s 4y ago
My terminal emulator of choice (kitty) lets you configure it to render ligatures only when the text is not under the cursor. I’ve found this to be the best of both worlds. I like reading code with ligatures but would always get tripped up when editing.
memorable 4y ago
IMO ligatures makes it easier to recognize common symbols used in programming languages and also doesn't affect readability much. Maybe I am younger, but I don't see the problem here.
- wildrhythms 4y ago
  I don't like it because it tends to combine two distinct characters into one (visually). A great example is '<=' being transformed into '≤' (Pragmata Pro[1] does this) I expect to see two characters, but instead I see one and expect to see a syntax error. [1] https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/
  - np_tedious 4y ago
    You expect that exactly because (like me) you've been seeing it for a long time. I suspect the age correlation parent suggested is a big factor
    - pmarreck 4y ago
      I don't know about this claimed correlation- I'm 50 and love ligatures

efortis 4y ago

Here's a side-by-side, mono and a proportional typeface I edited for camelCase readability. It has a 1/3 space to the left of the caps. I call it VerdanaCamel: https://twitter.com/efortis/status/1501988964198191113?s=20&t=P0Sc2Kgq5ltf-kqr3y0ltQ https://twitter.com/efortis/status/1501988964198191113?s=20&... The only cons I see is that it doesn't align to columns, but that should be a rendering feature on modern IDEs.

mcluck 4y ago
What an unusual font. I love the idea and originality but I can't say that I would use it. My fonts must be monospaced

kuon 4y ago

I love funky italic like cartograph or victor mono!!!

gws 4y ago

In the end you need to choose if you are going to spend all your time tweaking fonts, color schemes, and other settings or actually write software

kadoban 4y ago
You spend like 10 minutes once setting a font and then it stays for ~years. I doubt this is negatively affecting anyone's velocity.
lillecarl 4y ago
Selecting a font is quite far from ricing, and a good font will increase velocity, after all you read more code than you write.

pmarreck 4y ago

I've become a fan of Berkeley Mono of late, it's not one of the ones listed: https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono

bluedino 4y ago

We must be odd folks. Everyone I work with uses Courier New in their editor and in Putty. Thankfully VS Code uses a same default.

sigzero 4y ago
And it's everywhere. I tend to drop in "Courier Prime Code" as it is a little sharper and easier to read.

rbanffy 4y ago

I recently updated my 3270 font to the newest version, with much better hinting than the previous ones. It’s a font based on the 3278-2 IBM terminal from the 1970’s. I like the straight lines and slightly taller numbers, as well as the characteristic S, 6, 9, and the dotted 0. I’d appreciate feedback and more testing.

layer8 4y ago
It’s this project I presume: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
- rbanffy 4y ago
  Yes :-)
  - sigzero 4y ago
    Is the example on the programming fonts site correct? It looks like there are spacing issues to me. Look at "removeChildren". The "remove" part the letters are pretty much evenly spaced. The "Children" part looks like there is more of a gap between letters.
    - rbanffy 4y ago
      I’ll take a look. Rendering varies from platform to platform. It’d be helpful if you could screenshot it and report the issue on GitHub.

anamexis 4y ago

It's not for everyone, but the (paid) programming font that I fell I love with is Codelia. It's got a dose of whimsy to it, but not too much, and is an all-around extremely readable and usable coding font. https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia

crispyalmond 4y ago
I've been using this font daily for many months now, fantastic font. It comes at a cost, but it's been worth it for me.

leoncvlt 4y ago

I'm coding on a 1080p screen and I still very much prefer pixel-perfect fonts - Terminus (https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/ https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/) has been my font of choice, with proggy clean being a close second (use it for terminal panels and such). I see the site has a filter toggle to show those but with modern browser forcing anti-aliasing on all text, that's pretty uselesas. On a related note, I noticed that there are a few fonts which seems to ignore system-wide or browser-wide antialiasing settings - one example would be the "MS Gothic" font, visible on this site: https://fountainofdreams.net/ https://fountainofdreams.net/ where all text is crisp as hell. Why is this?

layer8 4y ago
Similarly for me, I find fonts without hinting to be useless at small sizes. Still haven’t found a better font than Lucida Console for coding.
- onetom 4y ago
  Envy Code R is pretty will hinted between the 10-16px range. i used it without antialiasing any it's great on lower resolutions. u can still pack a lot of code onto a (sub)FullHD screen readably.
  - layer8 4y ago
    Thanks, I’ll have to give it a try, although one thing I don’t like is the concave-towards-the-tip style of curly braces that it uses. By that, I mean that I prefer each half (upper and lower) of the brace to only go in one direction horizontally, and not go back in the other horizontal direction before it reaches the tip where both halves meet. Are there good names for these two different styles?
mpyne 4y ago
That website appears to specifically try to disable antialiasing with CSS properties (though for some reason both Chrome and Firefox still antialias the font text anyways). Also, bitmap fonts won't be antialiased anyways, and it's possible to make vector fonts that define their shapes in 'pixelated' shapes as well, though that's not something you commonly see.

wigster 4y ago

whats going on with the words null/true/false? in the editor with the default font (cartograph?) it uses "curly" fonts just for these. is this some standard feature of certain editors?

clashmoore 4y ago
Italics. Editor settings can assign italic characters, if the font has them, to keywords or word type (like comments).

toastal 4y ago

Are there monospace typefaces that support abugidas well as everything supported is usually Latin and Cyrillic scripts–or is this a just limitation of how monospace works?

r3trohack3r 4y ago

Adding a plug for Nerd Fonts: https://www.nerdfonts.com/ https://www.nerdfonts.com/ Unaffiliated with the project, but it’s completely changed the font game for me on Unix. Haven’t seen a missing Unicode character since switching. I’m also using the glyphs with i3bar to show battery and Wi-Fi status.

amir734jj 4y ago

Where is Monaco font?

antiframe 4y ago
My guess is locked behind Apple's restrictive license. Programming Fonts only features fonts with unburdened licenses. You don't see Menlo there either.

cosmiccatnap 4y ago

I like big chunky but rounded fonts so Hack has served me well now for the better part of a decade.

cormullion 4y ago

https://devfonts.gafi.dev https://devfonts.gafi.dev is also a good resource

beaker52 4y ago

I've always faffed around with my font and schemes until about 3-4 years ago - now I just take the default everything.

meanmrmustard92 4y ago

TIL Luc Devroye has time to design and maintain fonts. Legend.

for1nner 4y ago

I find Hermit very pleasant to read - it's definitely got some uniqueness and "decisions" about the style that I can see would bother many people. I find it cute.

Larrikin 4y ago

The last time I spent time looking into a font I ended up going with MesloLGS + NerdFont. I never see people recommend it or talk about it but its been perfect for me. I wonder if theres been new developments that make other fonts better, or if its just a little old and not promoted anymore. I use it for programming and all my terminals and haven't found a reason to bother with anything else https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#meslo-nerd-font-pat... https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public/blob/master/.local/share/fonts/NerdFonts/MesloLGS%20NF%20Regular.ttf https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public/blob/master/.loca...

czottmann 4y ago
Meslo LGS was my go-to for years! At some point I've lost my heart to Iosevka Mono for terminal work and both Ligalex Mono (ligatures-enabled IBM Plex Mono fork) and JetBrains Mono, though.

abraxas 4y ago

It really needs a non-dark theme for those of us who can't use a dark theme.

spdustin 4y ago
You can change the default Monokai theme using the button at the bottom of the font list. It doesn’t affect the list itself, but at least it updates the preview, which may be helpful to you.
- abraxas 4y ago
  Oh, that's how you do that! Thanks. I could have spent more time looking for it but the dark theme really stings my eyes so I noped out of it too soon.

other_herbert 4y ago

Ok who else starred comic shanns? I’m going to at least try that one for a week

jszymborski 4y ago

I've taken to using Courier Code [0] (which is like the Courier Prime font but with dotted zeros and improved lower case L). Without the super spindly letters, Courier is just such a timeless monospaced font. It's boring enough to not distract but it also has so much character. The Prime versions really bring to mind typewritten documents and that makes me quite happy. [0] https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/courier-code https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/courier-code

bitwize 4y ago

The only monospaced vector fonts I've really liked are Iosevka and Envy Code R. Otherwise, give me raster, baby. Terminus, ttyp0, the Oldskool PC Font Pack fonts, Topaz (Amiga font), Atari ST font, even something like Proggy Clean. Back in the 96dpi days, 7x13 was my jam. Those ancient, ugly glyphs are distinguishable across the room in less than ideal display conditions which is why I love them when staring at code for hours at a go. I may be a nostalgic grognard, and today's programmers may well be justified in preferring their IDEs in eggshell with Romalian type, but there you have it.

tonixx 4y ago