[HN Gopher] Comic Mono
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Comic Mono
Author : rootforce
Score : 79 points
Date : 2024-09-18 20:36 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (dtinth.github.io)
(TXT) w3m dump (dtinth.github.io)
| rareitem wrote:
| Surprisingly very comfy and readable
| throwgfgfd25 wrote:
| Wow, 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 wrote:
| If 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
| widowlark wrote:
| I get Panic! Studios vibes from this font.
| e4m2 wrote:
| There is also Comic Code by the same author:
| https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code. Feels like a more polished
| version of Comic Mono (but it is paid, too).
| thrownblown wrote:
| _you_ _gotta_ _pay_ _for_ _them_ _italics_
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| Some previous discussion:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36312200
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25520510
| mkaic wrote:
| I 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 wrote:
| Me too! I did it so I wouldn't take the codebase I'm working on
| so seriously :)
| mlsu wrote:
| While we're in this thread suggesting comic-style monospaced
| fonts, I can recommend Monaspace Radon:
|
| 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 wrote:
| All of the Monaspace fonts are really well done.
|
| But Krypton is the best :P
| jsheard wrote:
| The "texture healing" feature is really clever, I hope that
| catches on in more mono fonts.
| dspillett wrote:
| My 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-an...
| (since renamed Comic Parchment due to litigious arseholery).
| aidenn0 wrote:
| I find the Radon font to make the l and i characters look too
| much like an oblique z character.
| thrownblown wrote:
| Comic 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
| stuaxo wrote:
| Nice, has any one tried scaling this down to VGA and EGA sizes,
| yet?
|
| I probably should.
| bitnasty wrote:
| I hate it. Absolutely amazing.
| chrisguilbeau wrote:
| I'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
| stonethrowaway wrote:
| Slashed zeroes, carry-over from a more civilized time.
| swayvil wrote:
| It's really... nice. I feel happy just looking at it. And it's
| damn legible too.
| ggm wrote:
| I 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.
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