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Cosmic Sans Neue Mono: Programming Font
- jhprks 13y agothe title of this post is: "Comic Sans Neue Mono: Programming Font (github.com)" for sec i really thought this was a new variant of comic sans font but for programming, it turns out its actual name is cosmic sans.
- etler 13y agoOops, that was actually a typo, but it is loosely based/related to comic sans. "The name comes from my realization that at some point it looked like the mutant child of Comic Sans and Helvetica Neue. Hopefully it is not the case any more."
- OedipusRex 13y agoI get the idea but the "wibbly-wobbly handwriting-like fuzziness that makes it unassumingly cool" part makes me wonder why? If you wanted to go for that "cool" look set your background to black and your font color to greed.
- pasquinelli 13y agodid you mean green, or are you being poetic.
- dfrey 13y ago> and your font color to greed. Not sure if this is an unintentional typo or a suggestion for those working in the financial industry.
- metermaid 13y agoI'm interpreting it as a portmanteau of green and red, which, set on black, are the predominant choices of hackers and terminals on movies and TV shows.
- kennywinker 13y agoEvery time programming fonts comes up, I always have to plug using proportional fonts. For me, anyway, it increases readability in any language that isn't super symbol-heavy (Obj-C, for example). Xcode theme using Times New Roman: http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kweyqtEkg41qzsc93o1_500.png http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kweyqtEkg41qzsc93o1_500.pn... Download link: https://gist.github.com/coryalder/811771 https://gist.github.com/coryalder/811771 Not for everyone, of course, and definitely not for all langauges, but still worth mentioning.
- MartinCron 13y agoAnd here I thought I was the only one who did this.
- duaneb 13y agoFor me, it's alignment that makes proportional fonts absolutely unusable.
- kennywinker 13y agoTab alignment still works. I work around the rest in my theme by making comments monospaced, which I use occasionally to do ascii art.
- jerf 13y agoI clocked substantial time in Frontier back in the day, where alignment was fundamentally handled by the outliner core, so the text could just be wrapped as in an outliner. It works fine. I don't know what syntax highlighting would look like since I haven't seen it. It does seem like the programming environment and language must be designed for it to work nicely, though. I've tried proportional fonts in several environments since then and it's always sucked for one reason or another. Possibly Go is structured enough for proportional fonts to cleanly work though. Haven't tried it yet; I use emacs and last time I tried proportional fonts in that it was a joke. (And that was just straight-up English, no programming at all.)
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- kapitalx 13y ago"coSmic sans" for everyone else who also read it as 'comic'
- nvr219 13y agoYeah I was disappointed when it wasn't a monospaced comic sans :(
- hornetblack 13y agoI was wondering why someone would name such a nice font after such a infamous font.
- aroman 13y agoIt's funny, but for my entire life I misread "Comic sans" as "Cosmic sans" (seriously — sight reading is a crazy thing), so this was doubly confusing for me.
- MartinCron 13y agoI totally appreciate diversity and choice in fonts ("programming" or otherwise) but I just can't get over the fussy lowercase k. It draws my eye to it and I can't see anything else.
- dpcan 13y agoFor me it was the lower-case i. I'm still good with Courier New
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoDistracting details are killer, I agree. I scan pages of code as quickly as I next-page. Fuzzy fonts can only slow me down.
- bcheung 13y agodear god, why?
- criswell 13y agoIt's not Comic Sans, it's CoSmic Sans. My initial reaction as well.
- nahname 13y agoNothing beats Inconsolata, IMO.
- thinkpad20 13y agoI was a big fan of inconsolata but I transitioned to Anonymous Pro, and then Source Code Pro, which I've been using for a good while now. The three of them make my top 3.
- nahname 13y agoI tried Anonymous Pro because my team was working with Mark Simonson. Switched back after a couple days. Haven't tried Source Code Pro. It looks very promising.
- thinkpad20 13y agoDefinitely recommend it. Super readable (more so than Anonymous Pro), pleasing to the eye, and they took real care with the symbols that resemble each other (0O, 1l, etc). Also it has a bunch of different thickness levels, so for example with Sublime Text which tends to render letters a little thick, I can set it to the "Light" setting, while in iTerm I use "Regular".
- wanda 13y agoI like Pragmata Pro. http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragmatapro.htm http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragmatapro.htm
- codygman 13y agoYep, I use Inconsolata too.
- simgidacav 13y agoInconsolata for the win. From time to time I get my "change fonts frenzy", but in the end I always roll back to inconsolata. Only drawback: 'W' and 'w', plus 'X' and 'x' are extremely similar. This is mostly not a problem, but sometimes it can be a hassle.
- kunai 13y agoI don't know about you guys, but I use Helvetica Mono: http://www.linotype.com/1824-31635/helveticamonospaced.html http://www.linotype.com/1824-31635/helveticamonospaced.html Yes, it's probably the most characterless, bland, insipid, and uninspired font out there... but it's also the most perfect-looking. And, it's readable and takes up less space than most others. I'm surprised not more people use it.
- thinkpad20 13y agol's that look like 1's are a turnoff for me :( also I like to have some character in my fonts.
- groovy2shoes 13y agoLooks like a lovely font, but it's similar enough to Liberation Mono that I can't justify spending money on it.
- jimktrains2 13y agoDo you think it's wise to advertise this as a programming font when 0 (zero) and O (cap oh) look so much alike? At least l (lower ell) and 1 (one)seem to be different enough.
- dhugiaskmak 13y agoZero has a slash through it, capital o does not.
- jowiar 13y agoI generally find the 0/O difference to be vastly overhyped - maybe of a "what-if" that comes from the natural OCD-ness of programmers, though that's pure speculation. The number of non-contrived cases where there is actual reading confusion between the two is exceedingly minimal, especially once you factor in semi-modern editors. One of the fonts I cycle through is TheSansMono Condensed, which by default has a non-slashed zero. I've never really found it to be a problem.
- Bjorkbat 13y agoAh, coSmic sans. For a moment I thought this was going to be some sort of parody, kinda like that enterprise version of fizzbuzz someone wrote a while back. I'm actually rather fond of this font given the first impression its bestowed upon me.
- chrissnell 13y agoThe lower-case "m" is just too much for me to handle: See line 7, "summary": https://github.com/belluzj/cosmic-sans-neue/blob/master/Specimen/sublime11.png https://github.com/belluzj/cosmic-sans-neue/blob/master/Spec... It doesn't match the rest of the characters and it's just too smushed-up for my tastes.
- 10098 13y agoWhat's wrong with good old Courier New?
- jrochkind1 13y agogorgeous font.
- crazygringo 13y agoWow. It look really, really nice. And the "irregular" handwriting effect is just subtle enough that it adds just a bit of nice "texture". A friendly-looking monospaced font is not something I ever expected to see! The spacing and balance is perfect. It looks great, I'm tremendously impressed, and could easily see this become a standard font for showing code excerpts in blogs etc., especially. Plus, pretty hilarious name. :)
- jibsen 13y agoI think the little cool details that make it stand out work really well for short code samples, but I am a little worried they might catch your eye too much and end up being counterproductive if you look at them all day while coding.
- alex_doom 13y agoIndeed, I'm going to give this one a spin for a bit.
- Poiesis 13y agoTexture, you say? Try this on for size: http://www.comicbookfonts.com/Code-Monkey-Constant-p/cl343.htm http://www.comicbookfonts.com/Code-Monkey-Constant-p/cl343.h... It's not free, but both a) reasonably priced and b) dirt cheap during their annual sale (that Andy Ihnatko has written about at length). It's not for everyone, but it's a "Comic Sans Mono" (if you will) that's actually not aesthetically displeasing. I use it occasionally for code, just for fun.
- MichaelGG 13y agoDoesn't seem to render well on Windows: http://i.imgur.com/IthgtiK.png http://i.imgur.com/IthgtiK.png Same results in Word and in VS using a non-dark theme at 10 and 11pt. At 12, the extra pixel at the top of the a goes away, but is back at 14. Also, VS doesn't bold it in the drop-down, which I think means it doesn't detect it as a monospaced font. Any suggestions?
- moondowner 13y agoI have problems on Windows too. First I install the regular one, and when I'm installing the bold version it asks me whether I want to overwrite the previously installed one. I guess they are not specified well so Windows installs only one of the two font files. So in your case you have only the regular version of the font.
- vinhnx 13y agoLove the font! I've been using Inconsolata-g for my Objective-C development for a while now, but will try this. Also, worth mentioning, here's the list of best programming fonts for those who're interested : http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming-fonts http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming...
- sharmi 13y agoThe letters are too squashed together for my taste. I used to use inconsolata but now switched to http://pcaro.es/p/hermit/ http://pcaro.es/p/hermit/ . It is a clean font with some personality thrown in. Does anyone else use hermit?
- daGrevis 13y agoYou're never the only one, I'm using it too! :)
- Pitarou 13y agoCan anyone tell me why the designer thought all those extra hooks and loops were a good idea? (Check out the i, g, and k.) To my eyes, they're just visual noise. Do they confer any benefit in long-term use, or are they just whimsy?
- carlesfe 13y agoSince everybody else is plugging in their monospaced fonts, here's mine: DOS/EGA[1] It's a ttf font which simulates the old DOS font which, in my opinion, is the crispest and nicest looking font for a terminal. Try it out! (Just remember to turn antialiasing off) [1] http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/dos/en/dosega.htm http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/dos/en/dosega.htm
- tonyta 13y agoHaha, I love it! Even though it hurts my head! Thanks!
- gaoshan 13y agoSince we're talking fonts (and I don't especially care for this one) how about Menlo? Based on Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, it's available on Mac. No Mac? Check out the nearly identical DejaVu Sans Mono. Here is a cool visual comparison[1] of the two. [1]http://typophile.com/files/menlovsdejavusansmono_6131.png http://typophile.com/files/menlovsdejavusansmono_6131.png
- ragsagar 13y agoGiving a break to Inconsolata, trying Cosmic Sans Neue for a change.
- jokoon 13y agoeach time I see a new font, it can hardly compete with consolas or menlo even the old lucida console is better than all those free fonts.
- brainburn 13y agoIt's pretty nice, save for the 'k'.
- talles 13y agoHey.... I like it. Might try for a bit.
- theandrewbailey 13y agoHere's a plug for Cousine. I haven't liked another monospace font better, and I go out of my way to set it up on every system I use. http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cousine http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cousine
- gcr 13y agoI misread this as "Comic Sans" and thought this was a joke submission. Boy was I wrong.
- dangayle 13y agoWell, if that isn't disappointing. If you're going to name your font after the greatest of all fonts, the incredible and nuanced Comic Sans MS, then you had better deliver.