Source from HN because they have shadowbans: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47773594
I’m wondering too what you are looking for in a font. Good looks, features, options to enable or disable, ligatures?
I use Fira Code for coding, mostly because of the ligatures. For console I use Inconsolata because it’s compact and good for long console lines.
I admit that https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode has the best presentation.
Everything VictorMono offers, exactly as offered. Also good for me to be able to distinguish O, 0, and Ø.
I like it, it’s pleasant to my eyes. Thanks.
Nice to look at. Disambiguates commonly confused characters (
l,1,I;0,O).I am a big fan of MonoLisa, but it is a paid font.
I wasn’t convinced initially (never paid for a font before!) and found some version of it online, found that I liked it very much, then willingly parted with my money for a license.
I really like the difference between normal and italics, I set up my code editor to use italics for comments.
When you said ‘paid’ I was thinking £5, not £50 (for the basic version)!
I guess it’s a low volume product…
Yeah that’s why I found an “evaluation” version before. Once I saw it was genuinely great I was happy to pay for a license.
I look at this font 12+ hours a day everyday for work, if this was just for ricing a terminal window I agree it is a bit steep.
On PragmataPro, I know it’s a bit pricey (60 euros) but I’ve been using 12 hours a day for years, it has a lot of characters available, supposedly hand-made, and the guy updates it regularly.
I have bought software that was more expensive but had way less usefulness.
Good readability of code.
I love iosevka because it’s so condensed. You can fit so much on the screen.
Recently switched to Maple Mono because it is fun and cozy.
This is a great find. Thank you very much kind internet stranger
Yes! I built my own variant using their tool (removing the weird italic l etc). I love it.
Connected strokes in italic style, vivify your code.
That’s cool and interesting (you can see it in action and toggle-compare on the linked website)
I wonder how distracting it would be in code, though. If it is, their configurability allows skipping that feature though, which is great.
Yea, as its only applied to italics its less distracting than it might seem at first. Your IDE may not even use italics. In VSCode with my theme, italics are used for comments and variable names, which looks like this:
I like to use this style of italics for keywords. (That’s also what the Maple examples do.) My thinking is you see keywords so often that you recognize them by shape, not by reading the individual letters. And my theory is that the italic variant being a little harder to read helps my eyes skim over keywords, to focus more on words that I do need to read precisely, like variable names.
It does mean that I spend some time customizing my syntax highlighting theme to make it work the way I prefer. I’ve got examples set up on my blog. Although that’s not Maple - it’s a different font with cursive italics called Cartograph CF.
I don’t like that one and the same character looks different on the same line (here
console.log).
I’ve been using JetBrains Mono and Maple looks the same but nicer. Thanks!
Vibes, gotta feel comfy. That’s why it’s 0xProto nerd font mono for me
I use Cascadia Code / the NerdFonts extension Caskaydia Code.
Primarily I look for readability, distinguishability. Ligatures are nice, I came to like them. Eligibility on different font sizes and weight/bold and italic, and colors - they must remain very readable and distinguishable.
I’m using the same font (family) for coding and terminal/console.
I had never heard of that font, I’ll try it someday, thanks.
Ligatures, slashed zeros, clearly distinguishable Il1/O0, not too big of a gap between lines, and maybe script-like italics. My current main monospace font is IosevkaTerm Nerd Font.
I also find the idea of using retro pixel fonts interesting, but so far couldn’t get myself to actually try some of the fonts mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708411 .
For mono space I’ve been using Ubuntu mono for a long time, there may be better but it was good enough when I was choosing and I haven’t had any issues that made me want to pick a new one. For standard I use open sans.
I personally use PragmataPro and Berkeley Mono (both paid fonts) because they are pretty, have ligatures, and are narrow enough to show more text on a line.
Edit: I forgot https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ which can be customized to mimic other fonts.
Perfectly half circle parens
I would like my parentheses to look normal, thank you.
No ligatures, and no ambiguity between O and 0, l and 1 and I, etc.
No serifs too, I guess. Although I don’t think that’s very common in coding fonts.
No ambiguous characters, nice ligatures
