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Now that I have a 4k monitor, I notice how unrefined the shapes of most programming fonts are. Of course this is on purpose and the right choice for typical resolutions, but it would be cool if someone designed a bit more elegant monospace font for 4k displays.

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I have really enjoyed the look of 'Source Code Pro', an open-source monospace font designed by Adobe. It pairs well with Source Sans Pro for sans-serif text.

Not only do all of my editors use 'Source Code Pro' but I also often use it to display monospaced text on websites because of how clear and legible it is for reading as well as coding.

I cant wait to put Hack to the test, but for me the ultimate test will be if it can displace Source Code Pro from my editor!

One suggestion is Triplicate (http://practicaltypography.com/triplicate.html), which looks _awesome_ at high resolutions.

Oddly enough, that site does not seem to allow deep links, even to a sales page.

I contacted the site's author, the link should work now.

Source Code Pro and Consolas are the best ones for me on high DPI displays. SCP is also very good on normal displays.

Try Fira Code, thats the one I use. Compared just now to Hack and still prefer the curves and shapes of a good old Fira font.

FWIW, Inconsolata was designed to look good and elegant at large sizes in print, so it should fit the bill quite well.

I like Inconsolata[1] a lot.

I prefer the version of Inconsolata with straight quotes[2].

[1]: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

[2]: http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-dou...

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