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As developers, we stare at code all day. Making sure that code is presented in a legible and clear format is table stakes for productive coding. What are some great monospaced fonts aimed at displaying code?
Criteria:
- Monospaced
- Free to use on all systems
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Victor Mono
This font comes with font ligatures as well as “semi-connected cursive italics”. Some developers prefer to customize their IDE’s to display comments in this cursive style as a way of differentiating the text from code.
To use this font, see Victor Mono on GitHub
Example
License: MIT License
Source Code Pro
Source Code Pro was designed “to work well in user interface (UI) environments”, and the designer also created a sans-serif companion font “Source Sans.”
To use this font, see Source Code Pro on Google Fonts
Example
License: Open Font License
Fira Code
Fira Code is hands down my favorite, and seemed to be the favorite on the twitter conversation. It’s incredibly easy to get started with and incorporate with VS Code, my favorite editor. It’s free and includes some pretty sweet font ligatures!
To use this font, see Fira Code on GitHub
Examples
License: Open Font License
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