MonoLisa – A Font Designed for Developers

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Pragmata Pro

#Typography #Design #Tool 19 social mentions

> As software developers, we always strive for better tools but rarely consider font as such. Meanwhile, I look at new coding fonts on at least a monthly basis. Nothing beats Input Mono [^1] for me; I actually like wider fonts, so I might take this one out for a spin. [^1]: https://input.djr.com/.

#Typography #Tool #Design 34 social mentions

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Hacker News Search

Also, how many people who regularly browse HN have seen a headline like "[Font Name] - A font designed for developers"? As a mild font nerd, I love that people keep making more fonts. But also: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=monospace%20font&sort=byPopularity&type=story.

#Search Engine #Blogging #Web Search 1950 social mentions

> And they're absolutely right. But it begs the first-principals question-- why code using a monospace font? Today, every major editor that isn't terminal-based supports proportional width fonts beautifully. There was a whole "coding font" family designed around the idea that we should be using proportional fonts for this, and it makes a great case... https://input.djr.com/info/ ...except that just about every time I've tried this, I've quickly run into places where trying to use a proportional font creates visual fails. Here's a simple one: <pre><code> /**.

#Typography #Tool #Design 5 social mentions

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Productivity Power Tools

For VS Code see (1) and to selectively disable them (2). For Atom see (3). There does not appear to be a way to disable them in Visual Studio. (1) https://stacksjar.com/post/use-of-font-ligatures-in-vs-code (2) https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.disableligatures (3) https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/issues/633.

#Regular Expressions #Programming Tools #Development 372 social mentions