Font rendering thread

i dont give a shit
im a programmer not a webdev

>invasive font rendering engine changes != to ≠
how is this a good idea?

>>61591682
They're just ligatures, they don't actually change the character, only the way it's rendered.

The fonts are designed for programming (Hasklig is a Source Code Pro fork for Haskell nerds).
https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig
https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
https://github.com/larsenwork/monoid#liga

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Courier New, Monotype

>>61591734
Here's another one but it's more complicated to set up.
https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

Fantasque Sans Mono

DejaVu Sans Mono

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Meso LG S for Powerline:style=Regular:size=9

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>>61591682
Here's the Monoid dev explaining how ligatures work.

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windows font rendering is disgusting

>>61591651
DejaVu Sans Mono
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/dejavu-sans-mono

Fira Code.

>>61592252
It is. It's a shame.

>>61592252
the screenshot you posted is worse

>>61592898
so is your mom

DejaVu Sans Mono and Ubuntu mono sometimes.

i give a shit
im a webdev not a programmer

>>61591651
https://tinyletter.com/mbutterick/letters/q-ligatures-in-programming-fonts-a-hell-no

>>61592980
Either outdated or this guy isn't familiar with programming text editors.
1) Only a few languages like Agda (a niche offshoot of Haskell with dependent types typically used with special packages that actually convert typed code to unicode under emacs or atom) actually use Unicode. Aside from that it's usually considered an even greater taboo to include such unicode symbols in code or code comments.
2) Some of these typefaces have support for customizable scopes and languages. This way certain ligatures only show up under certain languages and only within certain scopes (for instance you might want them disabled inside strings and comments).

Also, you can tell what you're editing. Refer to picture in >>61592178

>>61591678
>im a programmer not a webdev
programmer as in "a person who stares at a computer screen reading and writing text all day"? of course you give a shit. your eyes especially

>>61593415
>outdated
It's 5 days old. Says the date right at the top.
>isn't familiar with programming text editors
He's a professional typographer and programmer and has been for over a decade. I guarantee he knows more about editors, and specifically the typography of editors, than you do.

>>61591682
ligatures are great in FP languages with a bunch of weird operators like <| <<| -<<

Terminess
Roboto

>>61591651
The lettering is something called Silian Rail

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>>61591651
where is my reward?

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>>61595858
on 1080p monitor (still better than windows)

comic sans

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>>61591651
>What typeface do you use for programming?- 27 posts and 6 image replies shown.
this one

>>61595858
>>61595898
Are you retarded?

>>61598174
that's pretty sexy, what font?

>>61592252
>that screenshot
windows is a blurry mess. jesus christ

>>61591682
it's just a bunch of /g/ turbo autists with nothing better to do than ricing the code.

i render my fonts organically on a free range render farm . they have plenty of disk space to roam .

>>61591734
> The fonts are designed for programming
How the hell am I supposed to tell the difference between short and long = ? Sounds like a retarded recipe for more bugs.

>>61599195
How large is the carbon footprint of that farm though?

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>>61592252
>>61599124
What the hell did you do to it? It's good.

>>61593415
A P L
P
L

>>61599248
it's in the cloud

>>61592980
>hurr durr why don't programmers just write their lambda expressions using unicode U21D2 instead?

>>61599208
One is short and one is long?