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Everyone plugging their favorite font, but here's an easy way to compare them side-by-side to help you choose: https://www.codingfont.com https://www.codingfon

Everyone plugging their favorite font, but here's an easy way to compare them side-by-side to help you choose: https://www.codingfont.com https://www.codingfont.com (featured on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443) Also this site to view a wide collection of programming fonts: https://www.programmingfonts.org https://www.programmingfonts.org

AceJohnny2 4y ago
Also, because people tend to be nitpicky about particular font features, such as: - g with a curve or loop at the bottom? - 0s barred, dotted or gasp nothing? - $ with full-length bar or just top/bottom pins? - etc There are some fonts families out there that let you select just the right set for you, for example Input: https://input.djr.com/info/ https://input.djr.com/info/
- Avshalom 4y ago
  I've been using the variable width Input for a while now and I've been really enjoying it. Main downside is poor APL coverage.
cormullion 4y ago
Another good comparison site: https://devfonts.gafi.dev https://devfonts.gafi.dev
Mindless2112 4y ago
The problem with codingfont.com is that it overrides the line height, so you won't see what the line height will actually look like in your editor, which is something that I care about.
- AlanYx 4y ago
  If your editor doesn't allow you to override the font's default line height (to whatever you like), there's a nice little tool you can use to do this to the font file itself: https://github.com/source-foundry/font-line https://github.com/source-foundry/font-line This is also useful for mixing and matching fonts. Nicolas Rougier uses this in NANO Emacs to hack the Victor Mono italic to have the same line height as Roboto Mono.
  - saghm 4y ago
    I think the point is that their editor does, but the website above for previewing doesn't. If you have to download and and edit the font file manually to get the website to preview it, you might as well just preview it in the editor instead.
dimator 4y ago
i love the tournament idea! i downloaded my winner, installed it, changed my editor... and immediately went back to Monaco :) there's a lot of cognitive momentum to overcome in switching fonts.
amanzi 4y ago
Playing the font tournament is fun, especially with the font names turned off. I ended up with Fira Code (my current preference) vs Fira Mono in the final round.
Night_Thastus 4y ago
Thanks for the send. I'm new to choosing a font for my editors, and just went through the tournament. I've got to say, Inconsolata is quite a finessed font for coding. It definitely seems to work well for me. I do wish that site let you "exclude" certain options so they never appear in the tournament at all. It would have saved time, one or two are so awful they aren't work doing comparisons on.
rbanffy 4y ago
https://www.codingfont.com https://www.codingfont.com doesn't have 3270 (https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font), but programmingfonts does: https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270 https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270
- bartvk 4y ago
  It even includes Anka/Coder, my personal favorite. It doesn't include anything but Regular, not its variants like Narrow, but still quite a complete project.
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rofrol 4y ago
Thanks for the codingfont.com https://imgur.com/a/n6cKfRT https://imgur.com/a/n6cKfRT

AceJohnny2 4y ago

Also, because people tend to be nitpicky about particular font features, such as: - g with a curve or loop at the bottom? - 0s barred, dotted or gasp nothing? - $ with full-length bar or just top/bottom pins? - etc There are some fonts families out there that let you select just the right set for you, for example Input: https://input.djr.com/info/ https://input.djr.com/info/

Avshalom 4y ago
I've been using the variable width Input for a while now and I've been really enjoying it. Main downside is poor APL coverage.

cormullion 4y ago

Another good comparison site: https://devfonts.gafi.dev https://devfonts.gafi.dev

Mindless2112 4y ago

The problem with codingfont.com is that it overrides the line height, so you won't see what the line height will actually look like in your editor, which is something that I care about.

AlanYx 4y ago
If your editor doesn't allow you to override the font's default line height (to whatever you like), there's a nice little tool you can use to do this to the font file itself: https://github.com/source-foundry/font-line https://github.com/source-foundry/font-line This is also useful for mixing and matching fonts. Nicolas Rougier uses this in NANO Emacs to hack the Victor Mono italic to have the same line height as Roboto Mono.
- saghm 4y ago
  I think the point is that their editor does, but the website above for previewing doesn't. If you have to download and and edit the font file manually to get the website to preview it, you might as well just preview it in the editor instead.

dimator 4y ago

i love the tournament idea! i downloaded my winner, installed it, changed my editor... and immediately went back to Monaco :) there's a lot of cognitive momentum to overcome in switching fonts.

amanzi 4y ago

Playing the font tournament is fun, especially with the font names turned off. I ended up with Fira Code (my current preference) vs Fira Mono in the final round.

Night_Thastus 4y ago

Thanks for the send. I'm new to choosing a font for my editors, and just went through the tournament. I've got to say, Inconsolata is quite a finessed font for coding. It definitely seems to work well for me. I do wish that site let you "exclude" certain options so they never appear in the tournament at all. It would have saved time, one or two are so awful they aren't work doing comparisons on.

rbanffy 4y ago

https://www.codingfont.com https://www.codingfont.com doesn't have 3270 (https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font), but programmingfonts does: https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270 https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270

bartvk 4y ago
It even includes Anka/Coder, my personal favorite. It doesn't include anything but Regular, not its variants like Narrow, but still quite a complete project.

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rofrol 4y ago

Thanks for the codingfont.com https://imgur.com/a/n6cKfRT https://imgur.com/a/n6cKfRT