I’m looking for a good on the eyes font that suport a feel special characters like ç, ã and í. It also need to have a easy difference between 0/O and I/l. Sorry if this is not the best place to ask this.
Edit: thank you everyone for the answers, i will use fira code on my terminal and intel one mono on my text editor.
Since nobody has mentioned yet: I use a proportional font (Go Regular) for programming.
It’s weird at first but it’s a pretty interesting exercise.
There’s an interesting write up about using non-monospaced font on the Input font website.
Not sure I can get behind this one. This is a quote from the write up you linked and while I agree these comments are dumb, a “don’t use this because our font won’t support it or a no it’s the editors that are wrong and should change” approach feel ridiculous.
Sometimes programmers rely on the monospaced grid to create a second column of values or comments on the right side of the page. It’s true, these secondary columns won’t align in a proportionally spaced font. But why are we making these columns in the first place? Even in a monospaced font they can be finnicky and hard to maintain.
In virtually every other form of typography, the responsibility of alignment is given to the typesetting application, not the font. If source code editors can highlight syntax, they could also interpret tabs and syntax to create true, adjustable columns of text.
Haha yes agreed! That’s why, for me, it’s an interesting exercise. As someone somewhat into typesetting it forced me to think about type properties that I never really thought about before.
It’s not about alignment - tabs work in any decent editor. I just think it’s easier to read fonts that are a little more spread out especially with operators.
Really liked too, i just don’t know where is the perfect place to use it yet, this thread gave too many good font’s and i want to have a place for them too
This is a great tool. I landed on Jetbrains mono with Ubuntu mono in second place. I’ve been using the latter for many years so it’s interesting to find something I like better.
Thanks, it not just looks like what i wanted but it has a bunch of cool things that will look great not just on my text editor but on my terminal too, i will install it once i get home
👈😎👈 a lemming of culture, I see. I too use Comic Code!
Fantastic Sans Mono (they spell fantastic weird and I don’t feel like checking it) is a free alternative for folks who want to try the hand written monospaced look without paying.
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Since nobody has mentioned yet: I use a proportional font (Go Regular) for programming. It’s weird at first but it’s a pretty interesting exercise. There’s an interesting write up about using non-monospaced font on the Input font website.
Not sure I can get behind this one. This is a quote from the write up you linked and while I agree these comments are dumb, a “don’t use this because our font won’t support it or a no it’s the editors that are wrong and should change” approach feel ridiculous.
Haha yes agreed! That’s why, for me, it’s an interesting exercise. As someone somewhat into typesetting it forced me to think about type properties that I never really thought about before.
I just don’t see how this:
Is easier to read than this:
It’s not about alignment - tabs work in any decent editor. I just think it’s easier to read fonts that are a little more spread out especially with operators.
+1 for Go and Input fonts. You have the same stack as me.
Highly recommend Menlo or Meslo LG S (An enhanced open source version of Menlo).
Outside of the “i” i liked how Meslo LG S looks, i think i’ve seen it been used in a game, but i can’t remember which game was
Mono Sans Cuneiform. I mean, it worked for ancient Babylon…
Comic Sans is the answer.
You joke but comic mono is startlingly easy to look at…
I use the Iosevka Term Nerd Font in all my stuff
Really liked too, i just don’t know where is the perfect place to use it yet, this thread gave too many good font’s and i want to have a place for them too
Iosevka Term and Computer Modern For Articles
Here is a nice tool that shows 2 mono fonts and you pick the one you like best. Until you end up with a winner: https://www.codingfont.com/
(I use Brutalist Mono myself)
nice tool
I ran through it a few times and ended up selecting Source Code Pro
This is a great tool. I landed on Jetbrains mono with Ubuntu mono in second place. I’ve been using the latter for many years so it’s interesting to find something I like better.
I would try it, if I didn’t get a page-sized ad for another app, with no apparent way to make it go away…
Click somewhere outside the ad
I wish i had found that yesterday, would’ve saved a lot of time
I use Fira Code. It looks great and I really like the programming ligatures.
I’ve take a quick look on my phone and it looks great, even if i use something elso on my editor i will use it on my terminal
Hack within the terminal and Consolas for all my IDEs
PragmataPro with ligatures
Input Mono patched for NerdFonts.
Dina , it’s a bitmap font and there’s a TTF version as well.
It’s one of those things where I’m just used to it I think. The bitmap is sharp and everything else I’ve tried feels blurry or heavy.
Fira Code
Thanks, it not just looks like what i wanted but it has a bunch of cool things that will look great not just on my text editor but on my terminal too, i will install it once i get home
Same (Fira Code). And use it for my terminals as well.
https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
Have a look at Intel One Mono. https://github.com/intel/intel-one-mono
Comic Code
👈😎👈 a lemming of culture, I see. I too use Comic Code!
Fantastic Sans Mono (they spell fantastic weird and I don’t feel like checking it) is a free alternative for folks who want to try the hand written monospaced look without paying.
Comic Mono
That’s now my way to go for a web comic font or a related project