[closed] [help] what font do you use in your code editor/IDE?

3 years ago by Drew Belloc to c/programming

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.

MyNameIsRichard 29 points 3 years ago

Fira Code

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beregoth 17 points 3 years ago path: 0 1166219 1166367, hotness: undefined, score: 17, children: 0
drew_belloc 3 points 3 years ago

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

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Hiru 1 point 3 years ago

Terrific, I’m gonna test it ASAP

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ramesdunc 15 points 3 years ago

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)

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lemmyvore 8 points 3 years ago

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...

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coloredgrayscale 3 points 3 years ago

Click somewhere outside the ad

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drew_belloc 3 points 3 years ago

I wish i had found that yesterday, would've saved a lot of time

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lackthought 1 point 3 years ago

nice tool

I ran through it a few times and ended up selecting Source Code Pro

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hascat 1 point 3 years ago

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.

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Peruvian_Skies 11 points 3 years ago

I use Fira Code. It looks great and I really like the programming ligatures.

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drew_belloc 2 points 3 years ago

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

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cwagner 10 points 3 years ago
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drew_belloc 3 points 3 years ago

I've used this one before, but i don't really like how the zero looks like, i prefer with a "/" inside, but thank you

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stepan 6 points 3 years ago

Look like you can enable slashed zero via stylistic set in cascadia code EDIT: Why tf did I get a downvote? It's literary in the README on the GitHub page linked!

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

In that case i will try it out again

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emptyother 1 point 3 years ago

Delugia Code. Which is just Cascadia Code merged with Nerd Fonts. Useful for terminals. One could also just get the Nerd font patched with Cascadia Code, they are almost the same.

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cwagner 2 points 3 years ago
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emptyother 2 points 3 years ago

I might be wrong but I thought the official version only had "Powerline with extra symbols". Not Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Weather, Devicons, Octicons, Font Logos, Pomicons, or Codeicons?

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cwagner 2 points 3 years ago
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Illecors 9 points 3 years ago

Source Code Pro

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

Thank you, but i don't like much how some letters look

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Illecors 4 points 3 years ago

Fonts are a very personal choice.

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I agree, that's why sometimes is hard to find a good one, i passed a few hours last night trying a lot of them, this thread helped a lot

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glad_cat 8 points 3 years ago path: 0 1168270, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 1
drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I like it in the overall, but i don't really like the 0 with a dot inside and the "?"

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Hexarei 6 points 3 years ago

I use the Iosevka Term Nerd Font in all my stuff

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antihero 2 points 3 years ago

Iosevka Term and Computer Modern For Articles

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

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

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madnoh 6 points 3 years ago path: 0 1166554, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 1
drew_belloc 2 points 3 years ago

It looks cool, specially the numbers. I will try it out later

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toffi 5 points 3 years ago

I like the Hack Font family. Doesn't have any problems with 0/O or I/l and displays äöüß fine for me

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I've been looking on the hack family too, i even installed a feel but for some reason it always feels like there's something missing and i don't know why, but thank you for the reply the hack fonts are a solid choice

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howarddo 5 points 3 years ago

Comic Sans is the answer.

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wyrmroot 10 points 3 years ago

You joke but comic mono is startlingly easy to look at…

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lucky 1 point 3 years ago path: 0 1167769 1168755 1173631, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
drew_belloc 3 points 3 years ago

Why am i still here? Just to suffer

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PoisonedPrisonPanda 2 points 3 years ago

some people just want to watch the world their eyes burn...

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Froyn 1 point 3 years ago

Wingdings?

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PoisonedPrisonPanda 1 point 3 years ago

ok fixed it.

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snowe 4 points 3 years ago

Fira code or iosevka.

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

Thank you, i still need to take a look on iosevka but i really liked fira code

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firethunder7 4 points 3 years ago
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drew_belloc 2 points 3 years ago

It looks cool, now i am between this and intel one

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Trarmp 3 points 3 years ago

One that I haven't seen here is Operator Mono. I use it everywhere I need monospaced fonts. It's paid, but since I don't need another font ever, it's worth it.

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

It looks really nice

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natecox 3 points 3 years ago
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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I really like it too, is bizarre but in a cool way, i'm not going to have it on my terminal, but it looks good on emacs

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natecox 0 points 3 years ago
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KindaABigDyl 3 points 3 years ago

Ubuntu Mono.

I think it has support for most special characters, but some of the weirder symbols aren't there like a handful of IPA characters or emojis.

But you can always get backup fonts on your system just in case

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

Ubuntu mono is a decent general porpuse font, but not really what i want to use for coding, but thank you

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ImpossibleRubiksCube 3 points 3 years ago
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r2p2 3 points 3 years ago

Comic Code

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JackbyDev 4 points 3 years ago

👈😎👈 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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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

It's the kind of font that i would use in some games or comics, but i don't really like it for coding

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Aggy 2 points 3 years ago

Comic code, I even paid for it. I find in easier to read. Maybe I'm dyslexic but have never been diagnosed or anything

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I've seen a lot of people talking on how easy to read it is, but i don't like much this kind of font for coding

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JackbyDev 1 point 3 years ago

I use it too. I've also been curious if I have dyslexia recently. I took some online quiz meant to be a first step to see if you should ask your doctor but it seemed outdated. It used questions like how many newspapers and magazines do you read.

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Ocebi 2 points 3 years ago

DejaVu Sans Mono

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

Thank you that's the one that i've been using on my terminal, but i am looking for a substitute

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graham 2 points 3 years ago

Hack within the terminal and Consolas for all my IDEs

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Mischala 2 points 3 years ago path: 0 1190997, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

Not a big fan of source code, but the ligatures are always welcome

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blurr11 2 points 3 years ago

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.

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

You just gave me the font for the game i am doing, thank you very much

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jgrim 2 points 3 years ago

OpenDyslexic. Can read it at any size and quickly.

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I love the idea of dyslexic fonts but even than i always feel strange using than, maybe because i'm not dyslexic

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jgrim 1 point 3 years ago

You're not taking away from someone by using it. If anything, you're helping to normalize it for those that may need it more. I find it super useful. I discovered it when I saw it as a font on my Kindle. I was like.. is there a mono version?

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drew_belloc 2 points 3 years ago

I believe that i've seen it in a wolfgang channel video, and i hope that fonts like that start to be installed by default for those who need it

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jgrim 2 points 3 years ago

Yes, agree. That's why I think everyone should use them more. They're super helpful for all. I can make my font smaller and see just as well. If more people demand something like this then those that need it will have it.

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heero_youi 1 point 3 years ago

Highly recommend Menlo or Meslo LG S (An enhanced open source version of Menlo).

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drew_belloc 2 points 3 years ago

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

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otl 1 point 3 years ago

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.

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Radium 4 points 3 years ago

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.

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otl 1 point 3 years ago

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.

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abhibeckert 1 point 3 years ago

I just don't see how this:

^(https?://)?([\da-z.-]+).([a-z.]{2,6})([/\w .-])/?$

Is easier to read than this:

^(https?:\/\/)?([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \.-]*)*\/?$

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.

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h_a_r_u_k_i 1 point 3 years ago

+1 for Go and Input fonts. You have the same stack as me.

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nullPointer 1 point 3 years ago

been using proggy for ever. might be time to try something new, lots of goot suggestions in here.

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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

I liked that there is a version with a cut on z and 7, and the original pixelated version would be good in a game

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ssm 1 point 3 years ago
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drew_belloc 1 point 3 years ago

That's now my way to go for a web comic font or a related project

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victoria 1 point 3 years ago

PragmataPro with ligatures

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BoomBoomLemon 1 point 3 years ago

Input Mono patched for NerdFonts.

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