You should look at Pragmata Pro⁽¹⁾.

Hand-hinted by Fabrizio: ”More than 9000 characters optimized from 9pt to 48pt to guarantee the best possible readability.”

It is the ultimate “programmer’s font” and well worth the money for something you stare at every day and the next best thing to a bitmap font in today’s “Retina resolution” world.

Accept no imitations.

⁽¹⁾ https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

I always felt crazy for preferring bitmap fonts. The sharpness is unparalleled even against a 4k screen.

I really like using Cozette - it has great glyph support and a hi-dpi version

https://github.com/the-moonwitch/Cozette

I just wish more editors had support for true bitmap fonts! Turning off anti-aliasing on a bitmap->vector converted font is OK but not quite the same.

Nobody is interested in bitmap fonts?

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I don’t prefer bitmap fonts (anymore) because I find subpixel antialiasing beneficial. But I’m with you regarding low-DPI monitors, and the lack of pixel-grid hinting in modern fonts is a pity.

It’s similar to vector icons versus hand-drawn bitmap color icons.

Below phone-level PPI values, font AA still just looks blurry to me. As I like 'em large though, there are not too many bitmap options (terminus, for example, looks quite brittle at large sizes). I seem to have settled on lode 1.5 from here on a ~110 PPI display: https://github.com/B2HDPI/B2HDPI

With you on preferring bitmap fonts.

As I got higher DPI monitors, I found it less hassle to use outline fonts, but I still find them preferable - given the option.

Which bitmap font is this?