I want it to be Iosevka
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Vibes, gotta feel comfy. That’s why it’s 0xProto nerd font mono for me
Pretty colors. That's it
No ligatures, and no ambiguity between O and 0, l and 1 and I, etc.
No serifs too, I guess. Although I don't think that's very common in coding fonts.
I'm not terribly picky, mostly just want to distinguish 0 from O and l from 1.
I rather like JetBrains mono though.
I love iosevka because it's so condensed. You can fit so much on the screen.
I love narrow fonts because it feels like regular text, but monospaced at the same time, and lines are easier to read too.
Good readability of code.
Recently switched to Maple Mono because it is fun and cozy.
This is a great find. Thank you very much kind internet stranger
Connected strokes in italic style, vivify your code.
That's cool and interesting (you can see it in action and toggle-compare on the linked website)
I wonder how distracting it would be in code, though. If it is, their configurability allows skipping that feature though, which is great.
Yea, as its only applied to italics its less distracting than it might seem at first. Your IDE may not even use italics. In VSCode with my theme, italics are used for comments and variable names, which looks like this:
I've been using JetBrains Mono and Maple looks the same but nicer. Thanks!
Yes! I built my own variant using their tool (removing the weird italic l etc). I love it.
I am a big fan of MonoLisa, but it is a paid font.
I wasn’t convinced initially (never paid for a font before!) and found some version of it online, found that I liked it very much, then willingly parted with my money for a license.
I really like the difference between normal and italics, I set up my code editor to use italics for comments.
Distinct lower case connections
I stopped reading right there 🙂
When you said 'paid' I was thinking £5, not £50 (for the basic version!)
On PragmataPro, I know it's a bit pricey (60 euros) but I've been using 12 hours a day for years, it has a lot of characters available, supposedly hand-made, and the guy updates it regularly.
I have bought software that was more expensive but had way less usefulness.
Yeah that’s why I found an “evaluation” version before. Once I saw it was genuinely great I was happy to pay for a license.
I look at this font 12+ hours a day everyday for work, if this was just for ricing a terminal window I agree it is a bit steep.
Not that big on ligatures in monospace, really. I think I just go with what seems to look kinda nice and has a big enough amount of symbols to not look weird once a few of them are needed.
Also generally prefer dotted zero, or an inverse Ø. Fonts that make 0 and Ø look the same might as well just drop the slash altogether.
In spite of that I've been using Fantasque Sans Mono for years. At least the slash in its 0 doesn't extend beyond the circle like in an Ø.
I use Cascadia Code / the NerdFonts extension Caskaydia Code.
Primarily I look for readability, distinguishability. Ligatures are nice, I came to like them. Eligibility on different font sizes and weight/bold and italic, and colors - they must remain very readable and distinguishable.
I'm using the same font (family) for coding and terminal/console.
I had never heard of that font, I'll try it someday, thanks.
I use Fira Code for coding, mostly because of the ligatures. For console I use Inconsolata because it's compact and good for long console lines.
Everything VictorMono offers, exactly as offered. Also good for me to be able to distinguish O, 0, and Ø.
I like it, it's pleasant to my eyes. Thanks.
+1 for VictorMono. It’s the best.
Mainly that I can clearly distinguish Il1 and 0O. I like DejaVu Sans Mono because it does that; if I'm limited to fonts preinstalled on Windows, Lucida Console works too.
I personally use PragmataPro and Berkeley Mono (both paid fonts) because they are pretty, have ligatures, and are narrow enough to show more text on a line.
Edit: I forgot https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ which can be customized to mimic other fonts.