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My favorite fixed-width font is Akkurat Mono. It is by far the best font I've ever used but unfortunately it is quite pricey. Here's how it looks on my system:

by osener 13y ago

My favorite fixed-width font is Akkurat Mono. It is by far the best font I've ever used but unfortunately it is quite pricey. Here's how it looks on my system: http://ozansener.com/images/github-browse-file-1.png http://ozansener.com/images/github-browse-file-1.png Homepage: http://lineto.com/The+Fonts/Font+Categories/Text+Fonts/Akkurat+Mono/ http://lineto.com/The+Fonts/Font+Categories/Text+Fonts/Akkur...

methehack 13y ago
Wow, purty screenshot. What's the emacs theme you're using?
- osener 13y ago
  Tomorrow Night (https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow/ https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow/)
lobster_johnson 13y ago
Looks almost indistinguishable from DejaVu Sans Mono [1]. Screenshot here: http://i.imgur.com/MYB1i5N.png http://i.imgur.com/MYB1i5N.png [1] http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page
- codex 13y ago
  In my experience it's nicer than DSM on the Mac.
- lbotos 13y ago
  What Theme is this?
  - lobster_johnson 13y ago
    My tweaked version of Monokai: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12091499/Share/Monokai%202.tmTheme https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12091499/Share/Monokai%2....
- osener 13y ago
  IMO they are far from indistinguishable (maybe you are thinking about Menlo?). I find Akkurat Mono more pleasant to use. DejaVu Sans Mono looks too dense compared to Akkurat Mono's softer looks. Here is a side by side comparison: http://cl.ly/image/1j030D031g0U/o http://cl.ly/image/1j030D031g0U/o Since people seem to care about it, I should also note that it has a nice slashed zero you can see on line 6 which I prefer to DSM's dotted counterpart. Edit: Here's how it looks like when I adjust DSM's line-spacing to match Akkurat Mono's default, it still has that busy look: http://cl.ly/image/1z3Z393x1s3l/o http://cl.ly/image/1z3Z393x1s3l/o
  - lobster_johnson 13y ago
    Busy look? Akkurat Mono is simply more squat and tight; look at the "a" and "e", for example. For me, it gives a gnarly, squinting kind of look reminiscent of Courier New, compared to Deja's more rounded openness. Here's an animation comparing them (Deja is the bigger one, Akkurat the squat one): http://i.imgur.com/lkOzDWN.gif http://i.imgur.com/lkOzDWN.gif I really dislike Akkurat's bloated commas and semicolons, the exaggerated "+" (which has not enough spacing, either), and the shallow braces are not good, they look like parantheses. The only thing I like about Akkurat, I have to say, is the less classical "&". Deja uses the "et"-style ampersand, which looks unfinished at the kind of code sizes used for programming. But each to his own, I guess. And that slashed zero is an Ø [1], my friend, not a zero. :-) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø
    - osener 13y ago
      Fair points all around (though I disagree with all of them except "+" being exaggerated). DejaVu's characters are a bit too tall for my taste, a clear example of this is the oval 'o' character. I also like to have a pronounced difference in the height of lower case and upper case letters. Since we are doing character by character comparison I find "="s of DejaVu too wide (which causes "===" to look bad). It's "<" and ">" are too tight which makes it look bad when used as angle brackets. Backticks are slimmer, lower case "L" looks out of place and (apparently) it doesn't have an italic "*" (I don't know if Akkurat Mono is supposed to have it but it looks nice). I don't get the point you are trying to make about slashed zeros. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashed_zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashed_zero It all boils down to personal preference, thanks for stating yours :). You might also like Liberation Mono, which is my second favorite.
sjm 13y ago
The problem I have with Akkurat Mono is there seems to be no bold/italic variations, which I often like to incorporate into themes.
- osener 13y ago
  I usually disable bold fonts in my editor and terminal emulator (I like when they provide an option like "draw bold text in bright colors") but I see your point. It would definitely be nice if they were available especially considering the price tag.
bitserf 13y ago
I don't suppose you have any screenshots of what it looks like on a Retina Mac display?
- osener 13y ago
  I don't own a Retina display and I'm not sure about the correct scale but here is an example rendering of Akkurat Mono in a bigger font size: http://cl.ly/image/16423o3J0H3N/o http://cl.ly/image/16423o3J0H3N/o
  - bitserf 13y ago
    Well, I've never really quibbled over the price of a font if I liked it. I bought PragmataPro as well, a few years ago, and used it for quite some time. Answer is, Akkurat Mono looks rather nice on Retina, going to use it for a while and see if its one of the classics like Inconsolata. http://cl.ly/image/1j1N3E0k2O10 http://cl.ly/image/1j1N3E0k2O10 (Objective-C) Thanks for linking the font!

by osener 13y ago

methehack 13y ago

Wow, purty screenshot. What's the emacs theme you're using?

osener 13y ago
Tomorrow Night (https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow/ https://github.com/purcell/color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow/)

lobster_johnson 13y ago

Looks almost indistinguishable from DejaVu Sans Mono [1]. Screenshot here: http://i.imgur.com/MYB1i5N.png http://i.imgur.com/MYB1i5N.png [1] http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page

codex 13y ago
In my experience it's nicer than DSM on the Mac.
lbotos 13y ago
What Theme is this?
- lobster_johnson 13y ago
  My tweaked version of Monokai: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12091499/Share/Monokai%202.tmTheme https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12091499/Share/Monokai%2....
osener 13y ago
IMO they are far from indistinguishable (maybe you are thinking about Menlo?). I find Akkurat Mono more pleasant to use. DejaVu Sans Mono looks too dense compared to Akkurat Mono's softer looks. Here is a side by side comparison: http://cl.ly/image/1j030D031g0U/o http://cl.ly/image/1j030D031g0U/o Since people seem to care about it, I should also note that it has a nice slashed zero you can see on line 6 which I prefer to DSM's dotted counterpart. Edit: Here's how it looks like when I adjust DSM's line-spacing to match Akkurat Mono's default, it still has that busy look: http://cl.ly/image/1z3Z393x1s3l/o http://cl.ly/image/1z3Z393x1s3l/o
- lobster_johnson 13y ago
  Busy look? Akkurat Mono is simply more squat and tight; look at the "a" and "e", for example. For me, it gives a gnarly, squinting kind of look reminiscent of Courier New, compared to Deja's more rounded openness. Here's an animation comparing them (Deja is the bigger one, Akkurat the squat one): http://i.imgur.com/lkOzDWN.gif http://i.imgur.com/lkOzDWN.gif I really dislike Akkurat's bloated commas and semicolons, the exaggerated "+" (which has not enough spacing, either), and the shallow braces are not good, they look like parantheses. The only thing I like about Akkurat, I have to say, is the less classical "&". Deja uses the "et"-style ampersand, which looks unfinished at the kind of code sizes used for programming. But each to his own, I guess. And that slashed zero is an Ø [1], my friend, not a zero. :-) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø
  - osener 13y ago
    Fair points all around (though I disagree with all of them except "+" being exaggerated). DejaVu's characters are a bit too tall for my taste, a clear example of this is the oval 'o' character. I also like to have a pronounced difference in the height of lower case and upper case letters. Since we are doing character by character comparison I find "="s of DejaVu too wide (which causes "===" to look bad). It's "<" and ">" are too tight which makes it look bad when used as angle brackets. Backticks are slimmer, lower case "L" looks out of place and (apparently) it doesn't have an italic "*" (I don't know if Akkurat Mono is supposed to have it but it looks nice). I don't get the point you are trying to make about slashed zeros. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashed_zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashed_zero It all boils down to personal preference, thanks for stating yours :). You might also like Liberation Mono, which is my second favorite.

sjm 13y ago

The problem I have with Akkurat Mono is there seems to be no bold/italic variations, which I often like to incorporate into themes.

osener 13y ago
I usually disable bold fonts in my editor and terminal emulator (I like when they provide an option like "draw bold text in bright colors") but I see your point. It would definitely be nice if they were available especially considering the price tag.

bitserf 13y ago

I don't suppose you have any screenshots of what it looks like on a Retina Mac display?

osener 13y ago
I don't own a Retina display and I'm not sure about the correct scale but here is an example rendering of Akkurat Mono in a bigger font size: http://cl.ly/image/16423o3J0H3N/o http://cl.ly/image/16423o3J0H3N/o
- bitserf 13y ago
  Well, I've never really quibbled over the price of a font if I liked it. I bought PragmataPro as well, a few years ago, and used it for quite some time. Answer is, Akkurat Mono looks rather nice on Retina, going to use it for a while and see if its one of the classics like Inconsolata. http://cl.ly/image/1j1N3E0k2O10 http://cl.ly/image/1j1N3E0k2O10 (Objective-C) Thanks for linking the font!