it makes just as little sense to me

3 years ago by jeff 👨‍💻 to c/programmer_humor

I really do love the fun IDE colors.

Does anyone else switch IDE themes depending on the project? Whenever I started a new project I would choose a new theme to go with it.

darkmugglet 18 points 3 years ago

My better half is convinced that my job is looking at and interacting with black windows. She can't figure out why I need high end computers when all I did is fiddle with the black windows.

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AChiTenshi 15 points 3 years ago

Just dark mode for me. Though maybe I should try mixing it up with neon text colors.

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jeff 9 points 3 years ago

Always dark mode. But some themes are like dark blue, or dark green.

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GameWiz 2 points 3 years ago

One Dark Pro

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kronicmage 3 points 3 years ago

Give gruvbox a shot! My absolute favourite color scheme. Here's an example of it in action in my config: link

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chaorace 14 points 3 years ago

I push buttons for a living. Computer buttons on my most productive days.

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heartlessevil 11 points 3 years ago

I only use monochrome (16 shades of gray)

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ndotb 9 points 3 years ago

Nope, it's all light theme with comic sans and small caps for me

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Pseu 9 points 3 years ago

And Comic Sans is missing small-caps versions of the letters ᴀᴄᴅᴇᴊᴋᴍɴᴏᴘᴏᴛᴜᴠᴡᴢ (which is most of them), which would put reading your code from hard to nightmare difficulty.

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double_oh_walter 5 points 3 years ago

Don’t you mean Comic Mono you monster?

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matj1 1 point 2 years ago

I prefer original Comic Sans. How Comic Mono has all characters forced to the same width makes it uglier and less readable, especially capital letters.

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double_oh_walter 1 point 2 years ago

Mono spaced fonts are used when writing code , usually. Or in a terminal emulator.

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matj1 1 point 2 years ago

Right. But monospacedness is not a requirement for programming fonts. So I often promote proportional fonts for programming because they are better IMO. I mean that variable width allows fonts more potential to be good at what I want from fonts, not that every proportional font of better.

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JackbyDev 9 points 3 years ago

I don't have any colors to suggest but I do have two fonts to recommend.

Comic Code is a hand drawn monospaced font that invokes the feeling of Comic Sans without looking bad on modern monitors. I love it. The downside is that it isn't free, but if you're interested,
Fantasque Sans Mono is the same idea but free.

These two fonts just make things feel a little more human and whimsical in a way I can't fully explain and I love them.

Also, about color themes, never let anyone make fun of you for using a light theme. Sometimes they're better. It's not so simple as dark or light, some tools have awful light themes or awful dark themes.

Just some more font suggestions, these are not monospaced but just interesting fonts:

Atkinson Hyperlegible is a font that is meant to be more accessible but not sacrifice aesthetics. I think it is gorgeous. A great video by Linus Boman on the topic.
Input is a font that can be either monospaced or proportional, you can customize it. In the magical future where Elastic Tabstops catch on this font would be perfect.

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jeff 5 points 3 years ago

Great recommendations. I'm a fan of JetBrains Mono myself

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matj1 2 points 2 years ago

I Like Input Sans for programming. iA Writer Quattro is similar to that. Now, I use for programming Recursive, a variable font with variable monospacedness among others. It has a configurator where all axes and features can be fixed for better compatibility.

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zikal 6 points 3 years ago

Dark mode with a darkish background on the whole IDE. That's how I enjoy it.

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Crackhappy 2 points 3 years ago

Having light sensitive eyes sucks so bad when you're looking at web pages with that full white background.

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_ParallaxMax_ 6 points 3 years ago

I use a modified version of an old hope