https://www.codingfont.com/ is a fun, tournament style quiz that compares different monospace fonts. It’s far from comprehensive, but I found it useful to gauge what font features I find stylish and readable
That was fun. Apparently I’m a JetBrains Mono user. Of course it might be simply what I’m used to, because I’m a long time IntelliJ user. It wouldn’t surprise me if this is already my font.
The I/l and O/o/0, 0/8/ø are all distinct, so are all the different kinds of brackets.
Also, this isn’t a monospace font, so wide letters such as m and w are wide, instead of being squashed into an unreadable barcode.
Letters aren’t meant to be monospace, and sans TUI nothing in computers still needs to be.
If you do need one, ex. for TUI, I second JetBrains Mono!
Also, Verdana is not a libre font, Noto Sans is a libre font that also has these properties, although code does look much better in Verdana to me.
I just use IBM Plex, but that’s mostly because the keycaps my keyboard came with used it :) I also think it’s just fine for readability (i.e. I/l and O/0 are different enough)
I… Somehow just realized that I can of course change my editor font. After three years in professional software dev.
Any recommendations for maximizing readability?
Fira Code is my go-to.
https://www.codingfont.com/ is a fun, tournament style quiz that compares different monospace fonts. It’s far from comprehensive, but I found it useful to gauge what font features I find stylish and readable
(For the record, my go-to font is Jetbrains Mono)
My go-to has been Fira Code for some time. Just did the test, and Fira Code was the winner. Jetbrains Mono was a close second for me though.
That was fun. Apparently I’m a JetBrains Mono user. Of course it might be simply what I’m used to, because I’m a long time IntelliJ user. It wouldn’t surprise me if this is already my font.
Thanks, I got inconsolata. I’m not a coder but I’m going to use it for other things.
It’s a bit vanilla but I like DejaVu Sans Mono 8pt in my terminal, which is where I edit scripts and things
Curiously, I don’t think that looks quite as good at larger sizes, so I’ve been using Liberation Mono 9pt or 10pt elsewhere.
Both of those have distinct glyphs for the usual easily confused candidates. Can’t be having my lowercase L’s and 1s looking similar.
Comic mono
I unironically love comic sans derivatives, they’re just super readable to me
Comic sans can help a lot of people with dyslexia.
Comic sans is a great typeface in my opinion. Just often misused.
I’m a big fan of GoHuFont
Try JetBrains Mono.
I guess it depends on your preference but I love Fira Code
I use it as well
Is there any other font that has that variety of ligatures?
Verdana.
The I/l and O/o/0, 0/8/ø are all distinct, so are all the different kinds of brackets. Also, this isn’t a monospace font, so wide letters such as m and w are wide, instead of being squashed into an unreadable barcode.
Letters aren’t meant to be monospace, and sans TUI nothing in computers still needs to be.
If you do need one, ex. for TUI, I second JetBrains Mono!
Also, Verdana is not a libre font, Noto Sans is a libre font that also has these properties, although code does look much better in Verdana to me.
Oh no.
You wouldn’t want mono space in languages where indentation matters?
I’ve really enjoyed Monaspace as well as using Inter for my interfaces. Maybe you will too? :)
Big fan of jetbrains mono.
My favorite is “Inconsolata”
Me too! I don’t code but I really like it.
i always use the classic 6x13 or 8x16 font
Hermit
I just use IBM Plex, but that’s mostly because the keycaps my keyboard came with used it :) I also think it’s just fine for readability (i.e. I/l and O/0 are different enough)