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My experience has been that there is a certain type of developer who likes to flex by showing they have new/neat tools. Not saying there is anything wrong with

My experience has been that there is a certain type of developer who likes to flex by showing they have new/neat tools. Not saying there is anything wrong with it, but for me it feels like to much of a distraction.

SomeCallMeTim 3y ago
Meh. I like nice fonts, but I never talk about what font I use. I don't even know what font I'm currently using, though I put some thought into choosing it at the time. Some of us just care about what our fonts look like. I'm loving the configurator with Iosevka; yes, I'll likely spend an hour tweaking a custom font, but after that I'll just be done and move on. There's no "flex" if I never even show anyone my dev environment or talk about what font I use. I think you're experiencing selection bias in thinking that only people who flex care about their fonts. ;)
- gausswho 3y ago
  I am of a similiar mindset. I put an afternoon into choosing what font will inspire me to code to, about every couple years. I set it up, forget about it, tell no one since it would feel petty and personal. It'd be nice to have a word for something you care substantially about, but with fleeting desire and no desire to preen about. I am on Iosevka now partly because I can pull it from AUR in my setup scripts which is something not all do.
- gorjusborg 3y ago
  I don't know you, so I am not claiming you are flexing. But you claim that I am suffering from mental bias, while you know nothing about me other than a single post. Maybe it is just that I posted something a little too close to the mark for you, and rather than reflect on why that might bother you, you externalize it.
BiggsHoson 3y ago
Also, I find that there just isn't a one best font, even for one person. There are just too many variables that effect how a font looks, not limited to the screen itself, the graphics controller, the software where I want to use the font.

SomeCallMeTim 3y ago

Meh. I like nice fonts, but I never talk about what font I use. I don't even know what font I'm currently using, though I put some thought into choosing it at the time. Some of us just care about what our fonts look like. I'm loving the configurator with Iosevka; yes, I'll likely spend an hour tweaking a custom font, but after that I'll just be done and move on. There's no "flex" if I never even show anyone my dev environment or talk about what font I use. I think you're experiencing selection bias in thinking that only people who flex care about their fonts. ;)

gausswho 3y ago
I am of a similiar mindset. I put an afternoon into choosing what font will inspire me to code to, about every couple years. I set it up, forget about it, tell no one since it would feel petty and personal. It'd be nice to have a word for something you care substantially about, but with fleeting desire and no desire to preen about. I am on Iosevka now partly because I can pull it from AUR in my setup scripts which is something not all do.
gorjusborg 3y ago
I don't know you, so I am not claiming you are flexing. But you claim that I am suffering from mental bias, while you know nothing about me other than a single post. Maybe it is just that I posted something a little too close to the mark for you, and rather than reflect on why that might bother you, you externalize it.

BiggsHoson 3y ago

Also, I find that there just isn't a one best font, even for one person. There are just too many variables that effect how a font looks, not limited to the screen itself, the graphics controller, the software where I want to use the font.