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What do you want out of a coding monospace font? (piefed.social)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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Source from HN because they have shadowbans: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47773594

I'm wondering too what you are looking for in a font. Good looks, features, options to enable or disable, ligatures?

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

I am a big fan of MonoLisa, but it is a paid font.

I wasn’t convinced initially (never paid for a font before!) and found some version of it online, found that I liked it very much, then willingly parted with my money for a license.

I really like the difference between normal and italics, I set up my code editor to use italics for comments.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    When you said 'paid' I was thinking £5, not £50 (for the basic version!)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 months ago

    On PragmataPro, I know it's a bit pricey (60 euros) but I've been using 12 hours a day for years, it has a lot of characters available, supposedly hand-made, and the guy updates it regularly.

    I have bought software that was more expensive but had way less usefulness.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Yeah that’s why I found an “evaluation” version before. Once I saw it was genuinely great I was happy to pay for a license.

    I look at this font 12+ hours a day everyday for work, if this was just for ricing a terminal window I agree it is a bit steep.

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