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Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?

by iwebdevfromhome on 12/6/21, 4:15 AM with 54 comments

I recently discovered "FiraCode Nerd Font" and I've been using it everywhere as I setup a fresh new laptop.

Which programming font you currently swear to? I'm always interested in knowing cool fonts to use in my IDEs and terminals.

  • by tscopp on 12/6/21, 4:33 AM

    Started as a joke, ended as a preference: https://github.com/dtinth/comic-mono-font

  • by schainks on 12/6/21, 4:55 AM

    Inconsolata is my programming font.

    Also! This game was mentioned recently here to help the undecided or those looking for something new: https://www.codingfont.com/

  • by bitwize on 12/6/21, 4:27 AM

    I'm partial to bitmap (or bitmap-like) fonts, esp. those derived from computers I once had or aspired to have. Current favorites are the Tandy2K font from the Ultimate PC Font Pack, the Atari ST 8X16 font, and Amiga Topaz (all variants).

    For graphical Emacs, Iosevka.

  • by twalla on 12/6/21, 4:31 AM

    In order of preference/reverse chronological order - all patched w/ NerdFont:

    - Fira Code Mono

    - Inconsolata (This is basically Consolas w/ a permissive license and slightly different spacing)

    - Consolas (MS Font so not free per se but easy enough to find floating around)

  • by wstone on 12/6/21, 6:49 AM

  • by sharmi on 12/6/21, 6:04 AM

    JetBrains Mono. Previously <=Fira Code <= Fantasque Sans Mono <= Source Code Pro

    When I don't have access to these, Dejavu Sans Mono or Ubuntu Mono

  • by jack1243star on 12/6/21, 5:22 AM

    Fantasque Sans Mono [0] for vector font, and Cozette [1] for bitmap font.

    [0]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans [1]: https://github.com/slavfox/Cozette

  • by ljoshua on 12/6/21, 4:19 AM

    It’s an oldie but goodie, and still my favorite after trying many different programming typefaces: Adobe Source Code Pro.

    https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/

  • by Guvante on 12/6/21, 5:00 AM

    PragmataPro it is paid but it has been great.

    https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

  • by robbedpeter on 12/6/21, 7:01 AM

    Always, always, always link to things.

    https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

  • by xsace on 12/6/21, 4:02 PM

  • by going_ham on 12/7/21, 10:15 PM

    Try Isoveka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka It allows you to see more. Everything suddenly starts making sense and every other fonts will feel ..... different .....

  • by flickster on 12/6/21, 6:48 AM

    Iosevka is my go-to font. I also really like its quasi-proportional style for regular text editing.

    https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka

  • by 37ef_ced3 on 12/6/21, 4:41 AM

    The Go Programming Language's monospaced TrueType font:

    https://go.dev/blog/go-fonts

    Best font I've ever used, by a mile.

  • by gedy on 12/6/21, 6:48 AM

    Recursive Sans Mono, casual or semicasual: https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive

  • by luckman212 on 12/6/21, 4:22 AM

    JetBrains Mono

  • by rudilee on 12/6/21, 4:46 AM

    Input - https://input.djr.com/ I use the narrow proportional variant, except when code in Go.

  • by ryanchants on 12/7/21, 7:18 PM

    Dank Mono: https://philpl.gumroad.com/l/dank-mono

    Totally worth the $40.

  • by slipwalker on 12/6/21, 5:23 PM

  • by bmitc on 12/6/21, 6:47 AM

    Consolas

    I don't know why Microsoft doesn't ship it with Visual Studio Code on all platforms, but on macOS I get it by installing an Office product.

  • by adgjlsfhk1 on 12/6/21, 4:20 AM

    If you use a language that has a bunch of unicode (especially Julia), JuliaMono is really good. It does a lot of very nice symbol alignment.

  • by JamesLeonis on 12/6/21, 5:41 AM

    I've used Code New Roman for a while now, though I'm unironically looking at that Comic Mono now...

  • by cercatrova on 12/6/21, 6:17 PM

    SF Mono even on non Apple machines. I use the Powerline versions do I can use fancy terminals.

  • by a-saleh on 12/7/21, 10:25 AM

    Fira Code with ligatures enabled. Mostly because I still like ligatures?

  • by mrath on 12/6/21, 4:27 AM

    I switch between Fira Code, mononoki and Cascadia Code

  • by jessikat on 12/6/21, 5:25 AM

    It's non-free, but I really love Operator Mono.

  • by karmab on 12/6/21, 5:01 PM

    SourceCodePro FiraCode Inconsolata, in that order

  • by derekpankaew on 12/6/21, 6:21 AM

    Monaco, Visual Studio Code's default font.

  • by ab_testing on 12/6/21, 5:04 AM

    Source Code Pro

  • by riders_of_____ on 12/6/21, 4:57 AM

    IBM Plex Mono

  • by fzil on 12/6/21, 5:55 AM

    Absolutely in love with Iosevka!

  • by gbraad on 12/6/21, 6:36 AM

    Old Topaz as used on the Amiga

  • by joshxyz on 12/7/21, 1:54 PM

    Operator Mono SSm

    Yes the pirated version lol

  • by mavelikara on 12/6/21, 6:12 AM

    Monaco

  • by ncmncm on 12/6/21, 6:32 AM

    Inconsolata, all the way.

  • by anamax on 12/6/21, 6:53 AM

    Courier.

    Before that, VT52/100.

  • by __d on 12/6/21, 5:09 AM

    fixed, aka 6x13.

  • by lucasyvas on 12/6/21, 5:03 AM

    Office Code Pro

  • by foobarbaz33 on 12/6/21, 4:24 AM

    Ubuntu Mono

  • by ksherlock on 12/6/21, 11:35 PM

    Pica 10.

  • by Jiocus on 12/6/21, 6:08 AM

    3270.

  • by emschlr on 12/6/21, 6:05 AM

    Monaco