Ask HN: What do you want in a font for programming?

By _century · 2026-07-31 · 1 points · 0 comments

Tautologically, all fonts are made by type designers, who aren't necessarily programmers. I'm about to start designing a new monospace font, and I realized there are next to no primary sources about what programmers actually want in their fonts. So: what design choices/feat…

Open the full discussion on BetterNews