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Of course, this is all very subjective, but I do find Fira Code to be a beautiful coding font. I also appreciate having ligatures in fonts nowadays. Fira Code w
by wlkr 3y ago
Of course, this is all very subjective, but I do find Fira Code to be a beautiful coding font. I also appreciate having ligatures in fonts nowadays. Fira Code was my go-to for a long time, but I've come to increasingly use Jetbrains Mono which is available under the same Open Font Licence and is quite similar (although slightly preferable visually to me).
https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/
- jhot 3y agoI'm having trouble finding it now, but at one point I used a tool that put monospace fonts head to head (without revealing their name) and you would choose what you thought looked best. Jetbrains mono was my winner and I've been using it ever since.
- gioazzi 3y agoI believe you're referring to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443
- pepa65 3y agoI used Jetbrain's Mono font for quite a while, until I switched to Julia. I found Julia even clearer.
- sjm 3y agoCan't explain it, but to my eyes Jetbrains Mono is too robotic or mechanical, maybe clinical? whereas I love that Fira has some character and feels at least a bit Humanist for a monospaced font. The iA Writer fonts are another great option.
- ku1ik 3y agoSame here. Fira Code, then JetBrains Mono. JB Mono is very under appreciated, although it’s maybe just a matter of taste.