I tried out Monaspace but felt that the fonts were a bit thin for my QHD monitor I use as my primary display. Perhaps it's something you get used to after some time using it, but I ended up switching back to my favorite font, Input Mono (which, as a coding font, isn't actually monospace, so it brings a bunch of cool features and doesn't need to do texture healing). https://input.djr.com/info/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

> In virtually every other form of typography, the responsibility of alignment is given to the typesetting application, not the font. If source code editors can highlight syntax, they could also interpret tabs and syntax to create true, adjustable columns of text. https://input.djr.com/info/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 4 years ago

> And they're absolutely right. But it begs the first-principals question-- why code using a monospace font? Today, every major editor that isn't terminal-based supports proportional width fonts beautifully. There was a whole "coding font" family designed around the idea that we should be using proportional fonts for this, and it makes a great case... https://input.djr.com/info/ ...except that just about every... - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

Also you can think out of the box and realize that you may not need a monospaced font for development, but a font that has the advantages of monospaced font. I've been using Input Sans for years now. See at: https://input.djr.com/info/. - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

Input Sans is a great proportional coding font, but it isn't quite my favorite. That would be Trebuchet++, my personal font that started as Trebuchet MS with a bunch of customizations to my taste. (I wish I could distribute it; now I will have to find a way to do that.) But the Input Manifesto (that's what I'll call it) has a wonderful explanation of how proportional fonts are beneficial for code:... - Source: Hacker News / about 5 years ago

Similar to Input Mono font, which is superior to Monolisa in pretty much any way I can think of, plus free. https://input.djr.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

I do like these fonts, but DJR had this idea with the (excellent) Input family of fonts years ago: https://input.djr.com/ Unfortunately until editors start supporting this (and I’m not sure what would motivate them to), these remain great ideas. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

I can sympathize; I shudder to think of how many total hours of my life I've spent tweaking fonts in my text editors. That said, these days I almost exclusively use Input Mono [0], specifically the "Narrow" variety. With an occasional sprinkling of either Iosevka Fixed or PragmataPro Mono. 0: https://input.djr.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Personally, I've switched to proportional fonts for my coding because I'm not coding on an 80 column terminal any more. :) Input Sans is great: https://input.djr.com. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

Why don't we embrace proportional (i.e. Not monospace) fonts more for coding? IMHO, they are a big step up when it comes to legibility. I personally switched after I noticed reading stuff in the sidebar (which is usually in a proportional font) felt more comfortable than reading code. You can't use it for a terminal of course, and occasionally I find comments relying on monospace alignment. Other than that I see... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago