It's really sad this is just another [Extended] Latin only font. One more of all these beautiful fonts I cannot use because I have to edit files in three languages. Maybe 1 in 100 developers is visually impaired, but 75 in 100 developers are not native English speakers.

What other languages are you writing in? Latin script covers a lot more languages than just English, assuming it supports at least some diacritics. English is not the only language using latin script, so the point about 75 in 100 developers not being native english speakers is inconsequential.

There is a lot of knowledge required to make a font that covers all sorts of scripts, especially with constraints like it being monospaced. It's not impossible, but it'd be a massive and expensive undertaking with arguably little benefit.

Georgian and Russian. Georgian is hopeless, I'm really just whining into the void. DejaVu is my only option to make text editor not look like a movie style ransom letter.

Instead of complaining about an American company releasing something that is useful to Americans, perhaps you should complain that companies in your country are not releasing things that are useful to people in your country.

I really do not consider Intel a US or US-focused company.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/263560/net-revenue-of-in...

So the obvious question is why those 75% aren't making fonts?

What are the most popular / best sofware developer fonts today? Personally I am favour of Jetbrains Mono, but always interested to see if there is still typeface innovation going on after 500 years.

I made a list of most popular monospaced fonts on hacker news[1].

[1] https://github.com/subidit/typophilia?tab=readme-ov-file#fon...

Since the repo description says "Awesome list" (and it is, in fact, awesome!) might I recommend tagging it with https://github.com/topics/awesome so folks not lucky enough to be in this thread can also enjoy your content?

Glad that you liked it. Will do that in future. I'm still trying to organise the info in a meaningful manner without being overwhelming.

My intent is to make a collection of just the impactful players (influential typefaces, designers and foundries) in a concise manner. I have many other lists in the pipeline (other files in the repo). Finding it really difficult to be objective/professional about (some silly) typeface when writing about it. Although I don't want to put my opinions on a list about fonts but still feel so strongly about it that most descriptions are still left blank. Hopefully I'll be able to compile a (not so long) list about fonts very soon.

Wow, thank you for the comprehensive work.

I've been using Commit Mono for the past 6 months or so and love the clarity at small sizes (for my eyes, at least). Before that, I mainly used Source Code Pro and Comic Mono. My long term friend is Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.

https://commitmono.com/

Not sure if this font is still popular but I started to use terminus [1] early in my career. Since then I tried multiple other fonts but nothing stuck. I used to it over the years and to overcome familiarity I would need a font which is not just better but much better.

[1] https://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/

Cascadia Code - coding ligatures, variable width

[1]: https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code

Comic Mono.

I started using it as a bit of a joke but I actually really liked it - visually distinct, easy to read and works well at small and larger sizes.

https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/

> A legible monospace font… the very typeface you’ve been trained to recognize since childhood

I'm guessing very very few kids today have or will see Comic Sans. 98/XP golden years, clippy/wizard/dog, minesweeper, space cadet pinball, winamp, classic MS paint

I dunno, it's still pretty popular in primary school work sheets & notices. They're probably less likely to use it themselves but their teachers are quite likely to use it and show it to them.

You're right. Didn't consider that.

Thanks, Satan.

I currently use Berkeley Mono: https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono/

I find it pleasing to my eye, a bit retro.

I like Berkeley Mono [0].

[0] https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono

I've been using IBM Plex Mono for several years now.

Source Code Pro Semibold 9px is my default

Looks better than anything else to my eyes on the terminal

CommitMono is my current favorite.

I can only use Ubuntu Mono. For some reason it is way more dense than any other monospace font I've found. I'd like to switch it up from time to time and try new fonts, but every time I've tried I lose a significant number of lines, or I have to set the font tiny and it looks rubbish.

Are there any other fonts that are as dense as Ubuntu Mono?

Check here https://www.programmingfonts.org/#ubuntu

I still rock DejaVuSans

Oh, that's the one I've switched to last time it was on HN (months ago). AMA ;D

FWIW. My eyes are fine, no idea if it helps with eye strain, I just like how it looks.

This looks interesting, but the italic faces appear to be simple obliques rather than the unique glyphs of IBM Plex Mono, JetBrains Mono, etc.

Site doesn't include code snippet with font as showcase :(

Looks quite wide from the font preview.

Someone has got to break this down for me. Why is corporate font creation so in vogue? What's the business logic in this?

For a relatively low cost (<$100K), Intel gets brand promotion and visibility, a viral marketing vehicle, a way to boost credibility with the audience (developers in this case), the potential to increase the perception of open source support, the opportunity to create community goodwill, etc.

It's very... jagged. Especially compared to the SF Mono I've been using.

I get a DRM enable request when visiting that page

You can absolutely see the parallels and inspiration from the Operator font (https://www.typography.com/blog/introducing-operator) by Hoefler & Co, perhaps not surprising as one of the Intel One Mono designers is Tobias Frere-Jones, and Operator was created when Hoefler & Co was Hoefler and Frere-Jones.

They seem to really like these exaggerated curly braces.

Hold up. The first example in their intro video is a snippet of ancient React code. How old is this?

Evidence of efficacy, please.