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Ask HN: What is your favorite programming font?
25 points by pmoriarty on Oct 22, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 42 comments



Seconded.



Hack is great, it's been my default since I found it a couple years ago.


Consolas and Inconsolata. Unfortunately, I use Intellij idea currently and Inconsolata is rendered horribly in that ide even with infinality and intellij Specific configs.

Ubuntu mono is also not bad.


Consolas is the absolute best. It has such a firm shape. You can read/write it days long and your eyes don't get tired. A+ job from Microsoft.


Currently my favourite by far is [Iosevka](https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka/)


Likewise. I tweak it a bit (lower underscores, dotted 0, different @ symbol), but the custom build system makes tweaking it a breeze.

Also build a custom version for IntelliJ as its font rendering is a shitshow and you cannot get consistency with the rest of the OS with it.



[Hasklig](https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig/), which is derived from Fira Code, and brings some nice (properly spaced) ligatures useful if you use functional languages.


Terminus

Some OSes and programs it doesn't look good though.

http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ https://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/


The default font in Xcode and Sublime. I am one of those that doesn't really care enough to change it.


Used fantasque sans mono for a long long time. It has a certain character, yet is legible and accomodates more lines of code than most other fonts.

Now using fira code, for a change. It has good legibility too.

Dejavu sans mono is anotherfont that has good readability but I have not used for an extended period.


Luxi Mono, monospaced with serifs, very readable for code and text. https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Luxi-Mono






APL385 Unicode is by far the best font for programming. It is so much better than anything else that I now get a visceral reaction looking at Menlo, Consolas or even Source Code Pro




Whatever the default font is for my editor. I've never found font to be a barrier for me. I'm currently using Atom, so I guess Menlo or Consolas.




Roboto Mono. I use the Roboto family as my default font in Ubuntu and Windows.


Default font on Macbook (Sierra and above) - SF Mono


on macOS: Menlo

on Windows: Consolas

on Linux: Adobe Source Code Pro or DejaVu Sans Mono


Misc Fixed (size 7 / pixelsize 9)


Consolas because I love Microsoft


Hack, consolas, deja vue mono.


hack


GoMono and Ubuntu Mono


DejaVu Sans Mono


Overpass Mono


IBM Plex Mono


Ubuntu mono.


DaddyTimeMono, for dogfooding purposes.


6x12


monospace


Consolas


Comic Sans. To remind yourself to be humble at all times


Courier Prime because it doesn't look like a "programming font"




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