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Every so often I go on a “font bender” and start searching for my “next great coding font”. I’ve been using Hack (https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ https://source
by logbiscuitswave 3y ago
Every so often I go on a “font bender” and start searching for my “next great coding font”. I’ve been using Hack (https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/ https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/) for several years, but after looking at this I might need to give it a try. It looks really nice and the price is right. The font in the OP looks great too, but I can’t bring myself to pay for it. Not when there’s so many great alternatives out there at no cost.
- airstrike 3y agoI was the same until I started using Fira Code and don't think I'll ever go back to anything else. the ligatures are worth it https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
- jdthedisciple 3y agoI must say it does look awesome. Although I'm personally not a fan of ligatures, I feel they may increase mental burden at times; for example having to look closely if it's = vs == or == vs === among other examples.
- logbiscuitswave 3y ago+100 I really dislike ligatures. They are one of those things that seem great in theory but I find them to be a real distraction. This is why I never got into the JetBrains fonts — there was no ligature-free option. (Maybe there is now, but I haven’t felt motivated to try it again.)
- Hissigh 3y agoI also dislike ligatures, but I have been using JetBrains Mono for over a year now with ligatures disabled. works great!
- flobosg 3y ago> Maybe there is now You’re right! Check out the NL (no ligature) version: https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono/tree/master/fonts/ttf https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono/tree/master/fonts...
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoYou don't have to use them, even if they're in the font, just turn them off in your reditor. Conversely I can turn them on for code I didn't write. There is no downside to ligatures.
- bayindirh 3y agoHack is very underrated and awesome. Fira Code is nice, so is Adobe Source Code Pro [0], and Iosevka [1]. Yet, Berkeley is truly at its own level. [0]: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro [1]: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka
- lioeters 3y agoSource Code Pro is damn near perfect for me, I've been using it for some years. Occasionally I get an itch to explore other fonts, but I always come back to this one, all its refined details just feel good to my eyes.
- mananaysiempre 3y agoOne class of alternatives you could also consider is narrow fonts like PragmataPro[1] (commercial) or Iosevka[2] (gratis, FOSS). Being able to fit more stuff onto the screen side-by-side is what enabled me to get as much into tmux as I have. [1] https://www.fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ https://www.fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/ [2] https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ https://typeof.net/Iosevka/
- leshenka 3y agoregular fonts seem wide after several years of me using iosevka
- bloopernova 3y agoPragmataPro is so close to perfection for me! But it loses to MPlus Code because PragmataPro doesn't support font weights below 400 (yet?) I still bought it, because it's gorgeous, thank you for sharing it. I've emailed the font creator so hopefully they've got plans for thinner versions.
- ivanjermakov 3y agoSame. I love experimenting with my coding font and for the past year or so I was using Hack. I wasn't able to find anything better yet after trying a lot of fonts: Fira, JetBrains Mono, Iosevka, Monaspace, Ubuntu Mono, and others. Or perhaps I'm too familiar with Hack now and everything else now looks weird..
- klooney 3y agoHack's Bitstream Vera ancestry brings me back to installing Debian as a thirteen year old, a strong nostalgic pull.