Comic Mono
dtinth.github.io
dtinth.github.io
I find it very easy to read as well as fun. I had similar feelings about using Monaco in the past. I find it personally makes programming easier on the eyes and enjoyable.
I remember reading the font is similar to the letters that are taught in kindergarten which is a theory of why it's easy on the eyes.
https://fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/tabular-type-foundry...
It's not that much.
It's fine to use free versions instead, but maybe let's stop asking for freebies from folks who make their living that way, especially from Indy folks. (Badger your average megacorp for free stuff for all you want, they'll find ways to extract money somehow)
If I could get the entire font family for $30 or so I would consider it despite all the free alternatives, but $150 is just way too much if you are making a non-US salary.
The full collection is $100. At average European salaries, that's (at worst) half a day of work. Not unnoticeable, but if you care about your tools, not an amount that's entirely unreasonable. The coding family is, as you say, $30 - 90 minutes of work.
Beyond US, Europe, and other affluent countries, yes, it gets somewhat unaffordable. I don't have a good answer here. But I don't think asking indy folks to fix global inequality is the right answer, either. They need to live too.
Some choose to release their fonts for free (Monaspace, Comic Mono, Inconsolata...), but that's a choice they made for themselves. They ultimately decided it was affordable for them to do that. And that's great!
But I really have a problem with complaining about people who are trying to make a living, demanding they give away their work. One because it's somewhat entitled ("I deserve to get your work for free"), and two because it's a large part of what discourages indy work. Something our industry sorely needs.
> .OTF, .TTF, .WOFF, .WOFF2
Hopefully your OS of choice supports one of those.
Jokes aside, this is the only font I've ever paid for, and I use it for all my text editing across Linux/MacOS/Windows with no issues.
$16 to upgrade my life? well worth it. $16 to own something that I'd need to carry around for the rest of my life in a file, or track a download code for, and configure into every new system I boot up, and... nah, that's buying a responsibility
creatives out there: you are using and benefitting from the free open source internet where other creatives gave away their work product free. Stop trying to monetize your tiny contributions.
If you think they're not worth it then just click away.
And syncing a file isn't exactly hard in 2024.
Turns out he was also using Comic Code, and he basically had the same feelings as you towards it. I thought what the heck why not, and gave it a go. Now I'm hooked as well, for the very same reasons.
Coding, somehow, is just more fun and enjoyable now. Moreover, it's probably one of the more legible fonts I've ever used. Didn't expect that!
I know some people find it easier to read, but that explanation does not seem right to me. For one thing are kids not taught to read using printed materials? I taught my kids to read using whole words - flash cards and then "look and say" books and those did not use fonts anything like this.
I personally find it hard to read and it slows me down slightly. I wonder whether some people benefit from being slowed down? Maybe making their eye movements more deliberate or efficient?
https://monaspace.githubnext.com/ (go down to variants, it's 4th)
It actually works!
I actually really like Comic Sans and that style of font. Don't understand the haters!
But Krypton is the best :P
1. Gratuitous overuse often in inappropriate places (bad news from work, invitation to a funeral, etc.)
2. The fact that it was optimised in its hinting for low resolution screens common around the time of its creation (and its initial target, via MS Bob) making it not optimal for higher resolutions (in print, or on more modern higher resolution screens with or without sub-pixel rendering). If you are going to use that sort of font, I think there are better choices than Comic Sans itself (unless CS has had updates over the years, which, come to think of it, is not unlikely).
If you really want to wind up people who care too much about what fonts you use, try combining the two most overuses and disliked with Comic Papyrus: https://creativemarket.com/blog/designer-combines-papyrus-an... (since renamed Comic Parchment due to litigious arseholery).
You're begging the question. Why is it inappropriate?
> I actually really like Comic Sans and that style of font. Don't understand the haters!
Then you replied saying among other things that its use is inappropriate in many contexts.
But that’s circular. why is it deemed inappropriate?
Bad news from work in a jovial friendly font like comic sans would be inappropriate from the view of entirely failing to show empathy and read the room. A typeface like that on a 0% pay rise, redundancy notice, or news that the team had lost a significant contract would be an extra slap in the face. I have seen this sort of thing. The level of incredulity that could be read into your reply begs a question or two back: do you really think it might be appropriate?, and if so: why?
The funeral notice is more of a grey area as it depends on the person being funed. I don't think many would want comic sans used in that context, I know I wouldn't, but of course some might, and may even request it. Heck, if they requested bright rainbow striped Ransom Note Extra Bold with added porn windings, darn well use that. It is their funeral, after all.
Jokes aside, I see a lot of either font on local small businesses' branding and it definitely makes an impression, for better or (usually) worse. I'm probably missing out on some great local businesses because I've written them off without really thinking about it until now because of using either font.
https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00001.ht...
But I've been using Comic Mono for 2 years now (SW developer) and forgot all about it. The mark of a truly great font.
One thing that bothers me, though, is that “í” is oddly positioned and almost makes it look like there’s an extra space between it and the following character.
I have used Comic Code for years for this reason, and get the occasional giggle when pair programming.
A lot of people seems to use a coding font, wear off a bit of it or want a new one just to make a small change and have diversity. It an expense you might not be ready to spend for something you may not be 100% sure you will want to use for more than a couple of months.
He has a set of demo fonts but from what I understand this would swap random characters to rectangle so you can't really try it working on an actual code. This is only useful to check quickly how it looks on your IDE or terminal but I usually spend a few hours working on a font before deciding to commit using it for more or swapping back to my previous preferred one.
What they all have in common is slab-like serifs on the i and j. It is not an easy problem to solve to make these two fit harmonically in their allotted space but does anyone know a monospace font that solved this issue in a different way?
I ran into two problems.
1. Poor coverage of non-ASCII characters (it won't display simple accented letters, pound sign, euro sign, etc.).
2. []{} are cut off at the top.
I really like it. I find it really easy to read, and it's fun to see people's reactions when they suddenly realize that they've been staring at Comic Sans on my computer.
I need to try out Comic Code at some point, but it's hard for me to justify when Comic Mono is free.
If nothing else, Serious adds the lambda symbol, which is a useful shorthand to use with Emacs' pretty symbols mode.
Loved all the recommendations in this thread. I have been thinking about getting away from Source Code Pro for a while.
"What font is that??"
"Oh, haha, yeah... It's Comic Sans, but monospaced!"
"Uh huh. Okie dokie then."
I probably should.
edit: drop actually from prev sentence
Google: Comic Sans.
Enjoy.