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My list of 3 best fonts to use while programming

#watercooler #discuss
michaelgrigoryan25 profile image Michael Grigoryan ・1 min read

JetBrains Mono

Website: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/
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FiraCode

Website: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/tree/master/patched-fonts/FiraCode
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Ubuntu

Website: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu
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Eric Jinks •

FiraCode πŸ”₯ πŸ’―

I recommend also using it as a webfont for <code /> blocks.
Really easy to implement with github.com/fontsource/fontsource if you're using a bundler like Webpack (or Next, CRA, Gatsby etc)

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Eric Jinks •

npm install @fontsource/fira-code

// index.js
import '@fontsource/fira-code/400.css'
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/* style.css */
code {
    font-family: 'Fira Code', monospace;
}
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marcellothearcane •

Anything with ligatures. ❀

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Michael Grigoryan Author •

100% πŸ˜† πŸ’˜

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