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Fonts
I always want the best fonts for my terminal, my text editor, my ... But I'm not satisfied easily, so I keep trying new fonts. Prefer free fonts of course :D
TLDR:
On macOS, use San Francisco for everything. Remember each time macOS release new version/new update, you should download again to get (maybe) latest version.
Otherwise:
- Use JetBrains Mono for code.
- Use Inter for everything else.
All images belows is either official images I got from fonts website or my own screenshots. I'm too lazy to screenshot anw :D
JetBrains Mono
JetBrains branding font.
- Support Vietnamese
- Support bold, italic
- Support ligatures
- Has dotted zero
Ligatures I prefer: ss02, cv04, cv16, cv18, cv19, cv20.
Iosevka
I often choose SS08 variant because I also love PragmataPro too.
- Support Vietnamese
- Support bold, italic
- Support ligatures
- Has dotted zero
- Has display font
Font is narrow, can display much more on small screen. But too much config/variant for ligatures scares me.
Recursive
I often choose Casual variant.
- Support Vietnamese
- Support bold, italic
- Support ligatures
- Has dotted zero
- Has display font
Ligatures I prefer: ss10, ss12.
Looks good on my phone.
Martian Mono
- No Vietnamese
- Support bold
- No italic
- No ligatures
Font is wide, remember to edit line height to make it looks good. I like its bold, strong look.
agave
- No Vietnamese
- Support bold
- No italic
- No ligatures
- Has dotted zero
Font is small, can display much more on small screen. I like its curved look.
Hermit
- No Vietnamese
- Support bold, italic
- No ligatures
Looks unique to me, with some sharp look.
APL-385 and APL386
- No Vietnamese
- No bold, italic
- No ligatures (APL-385 not APL386)
- Has display font (APL333)
I love its wide look, also it's feel nostalgic.
Sudo
Small fonts, saving space.
- Support Vietnamese
- Support bold, italic
- No ligatures
- Has dotted zero
- Has display font
Unique to me. Strange #, looks same as 4 (I don't like it for now).
Murr fonts, but I don't use much now (some fonts I already try in the past)
- Fira Code: best ligatures.
- Cascadia Code: Microsoft branding font.
- IBM Plex: IBM branding font, good alternative for Inter, has both monospace and display variant.
- Input
- Monoid
- Fantasque Sans Mono: Comic fonts vibe.
- Cozette: feel 8-bit vibe, mono to death. But sometimes it's hard to read. Bitmap fonts is hard to install too.
- mononoki: share same vibe with agave.
- Ubuntu Monospace: nostalogic to me since first Linux distro I use is Ubuntu.
- 3270font: nostalogic.
- M+: Japanese aesthetic.
- Clear Sans: used to be Intel branding font.
- Intel One Mono: latest Intel branding font.
- iA-Fonts: Notion mono font.
- Atkinson Hyperlegible: for reading ebook.
Costing money fonts, but I like them too much, will probably buy it if I have money: