CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

Neat.

I wish the sample text included _underscores_, since I have occasionally found that they disappear with certain combinations of font + size + renderer.

And a run of all the numeric digits 0123456789, to show how their heights align.

And [square brackets], to show how easily they are distinguished from certain other glyphs.

And the vertical | bar, for the same reason.

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Adobe Source Code Pro and Ubuntu Mono were my finalists. I think my preference would come down to window and font size, since Ubuntu Mono seemed to be narrower and leave more space between lines.

(Also, I kind of rushed the first few comparisons, so it's possible that I prematurely eliminated a typeface that I would have liked more.)

Played it twice to see if it's reproducible. First time, Fira Code; second time Source Code Pro. Source Code Pro came in second first time round as well. Been using Fira Code until now.

My favourite one is Iosevka Extended.

Thanks! A lot of fun!

I'm using Liberation Mono, and it's missing :( i got PT Mono though.

This kind of breaks for me because I identify all the familiar fonts quite quickly—Consolas, Inconsolata, Iosevka, JetBrains Mono, Fira Mono/Code, Menlo, SF Mono, Courier...

Got Jetbrains Mono. Not a surprise as I used this font for a long time and I still use it for my terminal font.

But I prefer (and use) PragmataPro (not free) and it is not part of the test, sadly.

Fira Code for me.

There are some good choices, but also some atrocious ones. My favourite coding font[0] is missing.

[0]: https://www.recursive.design/ and also available on Google Fonts[1]

[1]: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Recursive

I was pleased to find that I chose the font I actually use.

Did the whole thing. I got IBM Plex. Actually looks great

Every time something like this comes up I always end up with JetBrains Mono.

This is like an eye test for choosing a font, great idea!!

please add TokyoNight and its variants. I can't imagine using any other theme!

I got Cuisine, I was trying to get Hack.

Is it weird that I look at most of the offered pairs and think "meh, both are ok, I guess", but do not feel any preference one way or the other?

Like, some fonts look to weird/unusual that I dislike. But most look just fine and I don't really care.

Am I weird? Do I lack taste?

Roboto Mono for the win.

I got Anonymous Pro

Mine is Red Hat Mono, but really I don't like any of the presented fonts.

Serifs so I and l look different, monospace so it's possible to use spaces for alignment, and a slash or dot in the zero. What else do I need?

Some previous discussion including a Show HN: from the dev:

2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41604781

2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29010443

JetBrains Mono. Makes sense

Can we just talk about how good Source Code Pro is?

This was a pleasant surprise to enjoy, I was surprised to discover a font I wasn’t aware of.

Seeing all the fonts listed here it would be great to be able to add user submissions into the mix.

It works -- by the end I was facing off against my two favorites. ;) I CAN'T CHOOSE.

another comment about favourite font missing: departure mono

am i the only one who sticks to defaults, mostly?

ubuntu mono, fira code

Fira Code

JetBrains Mono

That's the one i have been using for many years, look like i made the right choice

I don't need this many rounds to determine it. There should be "neither" to limit the weird fonts that will never fly.

I'm tired of colors. I wonder if I hate them all or just haven't found the perfect one.

Roboto Mono, apparently

Wow, some of these are looking atrocious. (Victor Mono, Syne Mono, Nova Mono)

What I'm missing is DejaVuSansMono which is what I'm using. The result of the test was Ubuntu Mono, which looks okay too.

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