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📣 iwebdevfromhome

What's your current favorite programming font?


I recently discovered "FiraCode Nerd Font" and I've been using it everywhere as I setup a fresh new laptop.

Which programming font you currently swear to? I'm always interested in knowing cool fonts to use in my IDEs and terminals.


  👤 tscopp Accepted Answer ✓
Started as a joke, ended as a preference: https://github.com/dtinth/comic-mono-font

👤 schainks
Inconsolata is my programming font.

Also! This game was mentioned recently here to help the undecided or those looking for something new: https://www.codingfont.com/


👤 bitwize
I'm partial to bitmap (or bitmap-like) fonts, esp. those derived from computers I once had or aspired to have. Current favorites are the Tandy2K font from the Ultimate PC Font Pack, the Atari ST 8X16 font, and Amiga Topaz (all variants).

For graphical Emacs, Iosevka.


👤 twalla
In order of preference/reverse chronological order - all patched w/ NerdFont:

- Fira Code Mono

- Inconsolata (This is basically Consolas w/ a permissive license and slightly different spacing)

- Consolas (MS Font so not free per se but easy enough to find floating around)



👤 sharmi
JetBrains Mono. Previously <=Fira Code <= Fantasque Sans Mono <= Source Code Pro

When I don't have access to these, Dejavu Sans Mono or Ubuntu Mono


👤 jack1243star
Fantasque Sans Mono [0] for vector font, and Cozette [1] for bitmap font.

[0]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans [1]: https://github.com/slavfox/Cozette


👤 ljoshua
It’s an oldie but goodie, and still my favorite after trying many different programming typefaces: Adobe Source Code Pro.

https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/


👤 Guvante
PragmataPro it is paid but it has been great.

https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/


👤 robbedpeter
Always, always, always link to things.

https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode


👤 xsace

👤 going_ham
Try Isoveka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka It allows you to see more. Everything suddenly starts making sense and every other fonts will feel ..... different .....

👤 flickster
Iosevka is my go-to font. I also really like its quasi-proportional style for regular text editing.

https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka


👤 37ef_ced3
The Go Programming Language's monospaced TrueType font:

https://go.dev/blog/go-fonts

Best font I've ever used, by a mile.


👤 gedy
Recursive Sans Mono, casual or semicasual: https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive

👤 luckman212
JetBrains Mono

👤 rudilee
Input - https://input.djr.com/ I use the narrow proportional variant, except when code in Go.

👤 ryanchants
Dank Mono: https://philpl.gumroad.com/l/dank-mono

Totally worth the $40.


👤 slipwalker

👤 bmitc
Consolas

I don't know why Microsoft doesn't ship it with Visual Studio Code on all platforms, but on macOS I get it by installing an Office product.


👤 adgjlsfhk1
If you use a language that has a bunch of unicode (especially Julia), JuliaMono is really good. It does a lot of very nice symbol alignment.

👤 JamesLeonis
I've used Code New Roman for a while now, though I'm unironically looking at that Comic Mono now...

👤 cercatrova
SF Mono even on non Apple machines. I use the Powerline versions do I can use fancy terminals.

👤 a-saleh
Fira Code with ligatures enabled. Mostly because I still like ligatures?

👤 mrath
I switch between Fira Code, mononoki and Cascadia Code

👤 jessikat
It's non-free, but I really love Operator Mono.

👤 karmab
SourceCodePro FiraCode Inconsolata, in that order

👤 derekpankaew
Monaco, Visual Studio Code's default font.

👤 ab_testing
Source Code Pro

👤 riders_of_____
IBM Plex Mono

👤 fzil
Absolutely in love with Iosevka!

👤 gbraad
Old Topaz as used on the Amiga

👤 joshxyz
Operator Mono SSm

Yes the pirated version lol


👤 mavelikara
Monaco

👤 ncmncm
Inconsolata, all the way.

👤 anamax
Courier.

Before that, VT52/100.


👤 __d
fixed, aka 6x13.

👤 lucasyvas
Office Code Pro

👤 foobarbaz33
Ubuntu Mono

👤 ksherlock
Pica 10.

👤 Jiocus
3270.

👤 emschlr
Monaco