Intel's New Open Source Font is Awesome
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Intel One Mono in use on Ubuntu 23.04 Between IBM Plex Mono, Hack, Fira Code, and JetBrains Mono I think we Linux users are spoilt for choice when it

Designed to be easier to read and parse

  • nrab@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I tried it at work for a few weeks but in the end I went back to Iosevka. Not sure if it’s something with the Intel font, being used to Iosevka, some combination of those, or something completely unrelated, but it’s the only font I can use comfortably on daily basis, after migrating from Operator

    • sjolsen@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Based on my own experience and years of spectating flamewars I figure somewhere between 40-80% of any programmer’s aesthetic preference is familiarity. I use Liberation Mono (probably because it was the default on some ancient version of CentOS or something) and I doubt it’d be anyone’s first choice, but every now and then I’ll come across something with its own defaults and it just bugs me.

      On topic, the most obvious difference between Intel One and Iosevka is the radically different aspect ratio.

      • nrab@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Yeah I think the aspect ratio is one of the main problems for me, which is funny because I’ve heard people being surprised when they saw my terminal window that my font is so narrow :p

    • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Same! Although I suspect the Pro bit came at the time when it still mean professional and not full version.

  • rknuu@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    I like the curly braces (much easier to spot the difference from some other fonts that lack a well defined point).

    But I’m still a fan of fira code for generally well done ligatures.

    Edit: fira code, not sans.

  • Jim P.@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    It looks alright. I might give it a try. I tested out a bunch of different mono fonts recently and landed on Fira Code. I’m still getting used to ligatures but so far I’m liking it more than I expected.

  • WatTyler@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I don’t like fonts where the glyphs look wider than they are tall? In my head I call them ‘fat fonts’. IIRC Source Code Pro is like that? I used FiraCode for the longest time but recently migrated to Victor Mono. The Italics haven’t warmed on me but the rest of the faces including the Obliques look great.

      • WatTyler@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Every time I’ve seen Iosevka it’s looked super narrow, which I appreciated it more because it’s different than I actually wanted to use it. I’ve never seen this site before though and I think it may have sold me on installing it tomorrow.

  • vhstape@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I’d like to see a font like this eventually replace the Ubuntu system typeface. There’s a lot of nostalgia and charm in that font, but it’s godawful ugly T_T

  • terribleplan@lemmy.nrd.liEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been using Adobe’s Source Code Pro for years (which they don’t even mention as an open source monospace font). This looks pretty good, but I am not a fan of the parenthesis () and braces {} they look almost hand-drawn (or perhaps the arc is to harsh or something, IDK).

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      The braces are a bit weird but they should be easier to distinguish at first glance because of it.

  • #!/usr/bin/woof@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m a Fira Code (patched w/ Nerd Font) user, but love to try out a new font every once in a while. This one does look nice. Will have to see about patching it w/ the nerd font glyphs, as my tmux/nvim output is going to look like garbage w/o those.