10 Fonts for Code

What an abysmal website UX for comparing typefaces. I've got to scroll through oceans of whitespace to move between type samples -- no chance of having them on the screen at the same time without opening multiple browser windows -- and the actual type samples are different from each other, making them hard to compare.

After mentioning the importance of distinguishing O/0, l/1, etc., the subsequent samples don't all include these characters. Some of the samples don't even include any numerals!

The author points out how programmers prefer monospace fonts for their clarity and legibility, then, ironically, shows some of the samples in a washed-out low contrast color scheme, quite contrary to the typical high-contrast colors the typical coder uses, again, for the sake of clarity and legibility.

Would it have been too much to ask to put consistent samples, in a consistently-readable color scheme, on the screen simultaneously? Why does a website ostensibly devoted to design itself have such awful design?

I love trying new fixed width fonts, but I keep returning to Bitstream Vera Sans Mono because it seems the sharpest at a variety of sizes (to my eyes, at least).

However, I'm going to give Fira another chance.

I don't get why people vear from "Courier New"

It's the greatest fixed-length font yet created for writing code! Period!