Designed to be easier to read and parse

  • WatTyler@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 years ago

    I don’t like fonts where the glyphs look wider than they are tall? In my head I call them ‘fat fonts’. IIRC Source Code Pro is like that? I used FiraCode for the longest time but recently migrated to Victor Mono. The Italics haven’t warmed on me but the rest of the faces including the Obliques look great.

    • s900mhz@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      I’ve been using this for two days now on high contrast mode in Jetbrains IDEs I love it!!

      Edit: wait I lied, I’m using Comic Mono, same idea though

  • nrab@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    I tried it at work for a few weeks but in the end I went back to Iosevka. Not sure if it’s something with the Intel font, being used to Iosevka, some combination of those, or something completely unrelated, but it’s the only font I can use comfortably on daily basis, after migrating from Operator

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      2 years ago

      Based on my own experience and years of spectating flamewars I figure somewhere between 40-80% of any programmer’s aesthetic preference is familiarity. I use Liberation Mono (probably because it was the default on some ancient version of CentOS or something) and I doubt it’d be anyone’s first choice, but every now and then I’ll come across something with its own defaults and it just bugs me.

      On topic, the most obvious difference between Intel One and Iosevka is the radically different aspect ratio.

  • Jim P.@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    It looks alright. I might give it a try. I tested out a bunch of different mono fonts recently and landed on Fira Code. I’m still getting used to ligatures but so far I’m liking it more than I expected.

  • rknuu@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I like the curly braces (much easier to spot the difference from some other fonts that lack a well defined point).

    But I’m still a fan of fira code for generally well done ligatures.

    Edit: fira code, not sans.