Re:Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?
by Wezl on Saturday November 07, 2020 @04:40PM
(#25019751)
I've only tried Glyphr[0] because it's online and gbdfed because it was in my linux distro's package manager and it was small (turns out it was a bitmap editor, which was fun to try out, but now I have a .bdf file that I don't know how to use). I can't really recommend these because they are the only ones I've tried, but Glyphr is simple though it doesn't have that many features.
Then find a way to use the font, like on a website, and you'll notice any problems or ugly parts.
Re:Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?
by cercatrova on Monday November 02, 2020 @12:41PM
(#24970762)
SF Pro Mono with Powerline symbols. I use it on all my OS actually, not just macOS but Windows and Linux as well. You can download it off GitHub repositories. Probably against Apple's TOS, but well, it's a nice font.
Re:Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?
by cercatrova on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:23PM
(#24981685)
That doesn't have the Powerline icons, so if you use a terminal theme with it, such as Powerlevel10k, it won't render correctly. The Powerline icons are added into the font so it has to be modded, which is only available on GitHub repos as far as I can tell.
Re:Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?
by piculet on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:19AM
(#24968984)
Currently loving Fira Code. Took some time to get used to ligatures, but they actually work pretty nicely. In addition to ligatures there are lot of well thought design details that increase legibility.
https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
Re:Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?
by karmakaze on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:26PM
(#24974211)
Every now and again, I'll find some new programming font and try it out, retrying all my other installed fonts. Retesting is important as my display setup (and vision--can't read 2880x1800 native on Macbook anymore) have likely also changed.
Now using Fira Code Light in IntelliJ/RubyMine dark theme, size 14, line spacing 1.05 with ligatures disabled.
Before that I think I used Input Mono since it came with so many widths it was pretty easy to find one that hit a mark.
Re:Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?
by sp332 on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:36AM
(#24968524)
I went with Proggy TT with slashed zeros for a long time. Using a bitmapped font seems less necessary now that I have a 4k monitor, so I've defaulted to Consolas (in Visual Studio Code and also for my terminal sessions), which is nice enough that I haven't been actively looking for a replacement.
[1]: https://ermineii.github.io/befont.html
Then find a way to use the font, like on a website, and you'll notice any problems or ugly parts.
[0]: http://www.glyphrstudio.com/
https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka
Earlier - IBM Plex - Fira Sans - Operator Mono - Source Code Pro
Also, pro tip: You can install fonts on macOS using homebrew.
I like SF Mono. Use it anywhere I have HiDPI.
Now using Fira Code Light in IntelliJ/RubyMine dark theme, size 14, line spacing 1.05 with ligatures disabled.
Before that I think I used Input Mono since it came with so many widths it was pretty easy to find one that hit a mark.
https://madmalik.github.io/mononoki/
Both are on github