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Comic Mono
- rareitem 2y agoSurprisingly very comfy and readable
- throwgfgfd25 2y agoWow, this is weirdly lovely. I don't think I would code with it (probably!) but it would look great for sort of blackboard-ish code samples in teaching materials.
- anamexis 2y agoIf you want this style but balanced slightly more utility, I love Codelia [1]. It's my main coding font. It is, however, a paid font. [1] https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia
- widowlark 2y agoI get Panic! Studios vibes from this font.
- e4m2 2y agoThere is also Comic Code by the same author: https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code. Feels like a more polished version of Comic Mono (but it is paid, too).
- thrownblown 2y agoyou gotta pay for them italics
- strunz 2y agoThis font looks so nice, but so expensive! Wish there was a cheaper personal use option.
- levocardia 2y ago$15 is expensive? Just wait until you find out how much a professional design font costs!
- prmoustache 2y agoIt is all relative, if you want the set of normal, italic, bold and bold italic you need the 80$ package. 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.
- rjh29 2y ago30$ for the 12 most common variants.
- prmoustache 2y agoOnly for Comic Code. Codelia's cheapest bundle is 80$
- strunz 2y agoI'd need the bundle which is $150 and doesn't include nerd font characters
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoSome previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36312200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36312200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520510
- mkaic 2y agoI have used Comic Mono as my coding font for the past 2 years and unironically love it. I installed it as a joke so I could take some screenshots and get funny reactions out of my friends, but found myself genuinely enjoying the readability. These days I frequently forget it's even installed except when someone new joins the team and sees my IDE setup for the first time: "What font is that??" "Oh, haha, yeah... It's Comic Sans, but monospaced!" "Uh huh. Okie dokie then."
- rdoherty 2y agoMe too! I did it so I wouldn't take the codebase I'm working on so seriously :)
- mlsu 2y agoWhile we're in this thread suggesting comic-style monospaced fonts, I can recommend Monaspace Radon: https://monaspace.githubnext.com/ 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!
- core_dumped 2y agoAll of the Monaspace fonts are really well done. But Krypton is the best :P
- jsheard 2y agoThe "texture healing" feature is really clever, I hope that catches on in more mono fonts.
- dspillett 2y agoMy two problems with it were/are: 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-and-comic-sans-the-end-is-near https://creativemarket.com/blog/designer-combines-papyrus-an... (since renamed Comic Parchment due to litigious arseholery).
- adastra22 2y ago> inappropriate places You're begging the question. Why is it inappropriate?
- thrownblown 2y agoComic sans is great for dyslexia, b's and d's are not mirror images. I have used Comic Code for years for this reason, and get the occasional giggle when pair programming. https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
- VeejayRampay 2y agowe need to stop pushing that narrative, Comic Sans is merely ONE OF the fonts that are better for people with dyslexia
- stuaxo 2y agoNice, has any one tried scaling this down to VGA and EGA sizes, yet? I probably should.
- bitnasty 2y agoI hate it. Absolutely amazing.
- chrisguilbeau 2y agoI've been using a comic sans based mono font now since the last time I saw it on HN (about a year ago based on my receipt). I use a paid version called Comic Code [1] 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. [1] https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
- adastra22 2y agoAnother Comic Code user here, although I only bought it because I didn't know about these free alternatives which look just as good. It seriously reduces eyestrain and makes me more efficient. First thing I install on any new computer!
- cubefox 2y agoComic Code does look significantly better than Comic Mono (which wasn't created by a professional) in my opinion. Just compare i and l (lower case L), for example. https://fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/tabular-type-foundry/comic-code https://fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/tabular-type-foundry...
- strunz 2y agoI really like his Codelia font; but I just can't justify spending that much on a font when there's so many free alternatives. Wish the was a cheaper non-commercial license.
- groby_b 2y ago$15.50 for something you use every moment of your working life? 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)
- stonethrowaway 2y agoSlashed zeroes, carry-over from a more civilized time.
- swayvil 2y agoIt's really... nice. I feel happy just looking at it. And it's damn legible too.
- ggm 2y agoI said in another thread about mono fonts, that I now have used comicMono so long, I automatically just put it into "Courier" and when I see a real Courier font, I do a double-take.
- miunau 2y agoI've been using this for about four years as my daily font. No regrets.
- c6400sc 2y agoIt's different enough from Comic Sans that it doesn't look terrible to me! edit: drop actually from prev sentence
- worewood 2y agoI'm working on a fork of it [1], because the original didn't have diacritics (á,ã,etc.), the metrics were a bit off for me and the "f" has a line at the bottom which I didn't like; and I'm also trying to adjust parameters because some IDEs (Eclipse on Windows) are have problems with it. I've also made it work with Python 3 and put the source fonts in submodules so you don't need to search for them manually to build it yourself. Work in progress. [1]: https://github.com/caioycosta/comic-fork-mono-font https://github.com/caioycosta/comic-fork-mono-font
- gcarvalho 2y agoHuh, I’m pretty sure the version I use is the one from the post and it does have diacritics. (I’m not on my computer now but will check later.) 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.
- dfc 2y agoI use fantasque sans. I forget what made me choose it over Comic Shanns. It's worth a look if you like this style. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
- noisy_boy 2y agoIt is quite readable, has a certain softness along with some uniformity to it without all the comedy. I used it for quite a while before settling on Iosevka.
- imp0cat 2y agoFantasque Sans Mono has those fancy "a" which I quite like.
- tmtvl 2y agoIBM Plex (which I'm currently using) also has the double-story (or Roman) 'a', I like how distinct it is from 'o' and 'q' compared to single-story (or Italic) 'a'.
- jamal-kumar 2y agoDoes anyone else remember when the OpenBSD people were releasing research slides and other material in MS comic sans? The LibreSSL logo still has it on their site and if you scroll far enough here [1] they go off about 'weaponizing' it, something about the license actually being free enough to piss off linux nerds while being what it is enough to piss off design nerds https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00001.html https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/mgp00001.ht...
- slmjkdbtl 2y agoI use APL386 as my daily font, has some comic sans vibe but has a simpler and cleaner look imo https://abrudz.github.io/APL386/ https://abrudz.github.io/APL386/
- kristianp 2y agoLooks more "gappy" than comic mono.
- andrewshadura 2y agoHow about using Impact for programming? :)
- dvhh 2y agoI feel that in "CDN" the C is way too close to D, some uppercase character spacing seem to close, defeating the "readability" purpose
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoAs I said a year ago, the i, l, and f serifs feel extremely non-comic. It's not right if it's not sans. IMO https://www.dafont.com/pointfree.font https://www.dafont.com/pointfree.font is still the best monospace comic font. All the others try to uncomic themselves with smoother more regular letterforms as though the goal for some reason is to become more mechanical and less lovingly human. No! I reject it! Pointfree retains the purity of the original beauty without sacrifice. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36312200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36312200)
- _kst_ 2y agoI tried it in PuTTY on Windows. 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.
- dartharva 2y agoThis is NOT a nerd font and does not support those glyphs.
- ahmrz 2y agoI've been using a similar font called Maple Mono [1] for around a year now, and it's amazing. I personally find it more readable for code. [1] https://github.com/subframe7536/maple-font https://github.com/subframe7536/maple-font
- strunz 2y agoLoving this so far, thanks!
- tombert 2y agoThis has been my coding and terminal font for about three years now. 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.
- makach 2y agoI don't hate it!
- amir734jj 2y agoI have been using Monaco for everything. It's perfect.
- rvz 2y agoHere's an old easter egg for you: Google: Comic Sans. Enjoy.
- rbanffy 2y agoReminds me it’s about time I ditch my .pe script in my 3270 font and turn it into Python. There’s a number of things I can do to improve it that are just too unwieldy with FontForge’s built-in language (mostly for the lack of good docs).
- VeejayRampay 2y agoit really is the dumbest-looking font in history, absolutely iconic and unmistakable
- davonisher 2y agoWe have a group chat with 20 random people sending just Comic Sans spotted in the wild. Just pictures, nothing else. Its the best thing that ever happened to me.
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- mellonaut 2y agoThere is a fork of this[1] that includes programming ligatures, which might make this a more viable FOSS alternative to Comic-Code mentioned elsewhere. [1] https://github.com/wayou/comic-mono-font/ https://github.com/wayou/comic-mono-font/
- OJFord 2y agoI wanted to hate this, but it's actually not horrible at all? Looks nice just as a regular sans-serif font even - turns out the issue with comic sans is the letter spacing?
- navane 2y agoI was ready to laugh, but instead I felt peacefull. There's a remarkable serenity to this font.
- knallfrosch 2y agoI've tried Operator Mono, SF Mono, Ubuntu, Roboto, Consolas etc. Switched daily, weekly, monthly.. 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.
- fishbacon 2y agoI love the idea. But a quick test tells me it is not appropriate for anyone who uses any non-ascii characters. A shame. Loved all the recommendations in this thread. I have been thinking about getting away from Source Code Pro for a while.
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- globular-toast 2y agoI've yet to find a programming font better than Ubuntu Mono, but I definitely want to try this as it looks really nice. What's the difference between this and Comic Shanns Mono, though? There is a nerd font[0] available for the latter. [0] https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads
- _blz2 2y agoIosevka is the one for me: https://www.programmingfonts.org/#iosevka https://www.programmingfonts.org/#iosevka
- weinzierl 2y agoI have a thing for monospaced fonts and sans-serif. 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?
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoPointfree does it right by giving i and l friendly curves.
- weinzierl 2y agoVery nice. Thanks a lot, that is good example of what I was looking for. To the curious, here is a link to the font: https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-59663.html https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-59663.html
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- elcapitan 2y agoIronically the strict spacing makes this much better legible than the original, at least for me.
- tmtvl 2y agoRelated: the SeriousShanns fork: https://kabeech.github.io/serious-shanns/ https://kabeech.github.io/serious-shanns/ If nothing else, Serious adds the lambda symbol, which is a useful shorthand to use with Emacs' pretty symbols mode.
- thoughtpeddler 2y ago// Sublime Text Settings {"font_face": "Comic Mono"} :)
- OrangeMusic 2y agoIt bothers me that they changed a lot of letters from the original Comic Sans. They even added serifs, which contradicts the "Sans", and the spirit of the original!
- pkstn 2y agoBut why?!
- blindstitch 2y agoAfter trying out a few Nerd Font variants I found this one. V1 looks correct, the second version supposedly fixes some bugs but looks worse. https://github.com/xtevenx/ComicMonoNF https://github.com/xtevenx/ComicMonoNF