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[-] peto@lemm.ee 147 points 2 months ago

See the problem with this is that even if I write code with this font, I can't force people to read it in this font.

[-] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 123 points 2 months ago

Of course you can. Instead of committing the code to a repository, you just take screenshots of the everything and commit that instead.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 months ago
[-] tauren@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And then you program a runtime that calls an AI to parse images and execute your code in real-time!

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago

all code is written down in physical loose leaf notebooks

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

Hey that's MY cursed python programming method... I wonder if I still have those books

[-] russjr08@bitforged.space 4 points 2 months ago

Oh, so that's what those Python notebooks are that I've heard people talk about!

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

That way you don't need Gimp to make edits. I like it, very human!

[-] MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.com 15 points 2 months ago
[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

You just said that somebody is in desperate need of a beating

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[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 months ago

You can if you paste it into a write protected pdf

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago

The only real way to write protect it is by printing the pdf into pdf (making it a pdf of an image).

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[-] pewpew@feddit.it 17 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure you can use the ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ญ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ

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[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Yes. The "problem".

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Many editors can read config files from a file in the repository itself. And oftentimes it has the highest priority. Just gotta know the IDE of your target and they have to click "trust this project".

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

Just add it for VSCode and Jetbrains and you cover like 75-95% of devs

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago

I... Somehow just realized that I can of course change my editor font. After three years in professional software dev.

Any recommendations for maximizing readability?

[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 months ago
[-] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

I unironically love comic sans derivatives, they're just super readable to me

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Comic sans can help a lot of people with dyslexia.

[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

Comic sans is a great typeface in my opinion. Just often misused.

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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 months ago

https://www.codingfont.com/ is a fun, tournament style quiz that compares different monospace fonts. It's far from comprehensive, but I found it useful to gauge what font features I find stylish and readable

(For the record, my go-to font is Jetbrains Mono)

[-] mcv@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

That was fun. Apparently I'm a JetBrains Mono user. Of course it might be simply what I'm used to, because I'm a long time IntelliJ user. It wouldn't surprise me if this is already my font.

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[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I guess it depends on your preference but I love Fira Code

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[-] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Try JetBrains Mono.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Verdana.

The I/l and O/o/0, 0/8/รธ are all distinct, so are all the different kinds of brackets. Also, this isn't a monospace font, so wide letters such as m and w are wide, instead of being squashed into an unreadable barcode.

Letters aren't meant to be monospace, and sans TUI nothing in computers still needs to be.

If you do need one, ex. for TUI, I second JetBrains Mono!

Also, Verdana is not a libre font, Noto Sans is a libre font that also has these properties, although code does look much better in Verdana to me.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Also, this isn't a monospace font

Oh no.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

You wouldnโ€™t want mono space in languages where indentation matters?

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[-] vortexsurfer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'm a big fan of GoHuFont

[-] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 5 points 2 months ago

My favorite is "Inconsolata"

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[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Big fan of jetbrains mono.

[-] SuperIce@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Fira Code is my go-to.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

I've really enjoyed Monaspace as well as using Inter for my interfaces. Maybe you will too? :)

[-] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I picked up a great little test along the way: type the word ill or illegal followed by 100, using a capital I in illegal and mixing an upper case O and a zero in the number.

Ill10O

Can you clearly tell all these characters apart in your editor font?

I am all about Fira Code, myself

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

It's a bit vanilla but I like DejaVu Sans Mono 8pt in my terminal, which is where I edit scripts and things

Curiously, I don't think that looks quite as good at larger sizes, so I've been using Liberation Mono 9pt or 10pt elsewhere.

Both of those have distinct glyphs for the usual easily confused candidates. Can't be having my lowercase L's and 1s looking similar.

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[-] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 months ago

This is great if you don't want the united states politicians to read it.

[-] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

std::string independence;

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

Putting the โ€œnoโ€ in zapfino

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

reduce the flourishes and/or add more spacing between lines and it would be a lot more readable.

[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago
[-] communism@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago

In this case it's because part of the joke is the quote tweet. You could also link to the tweet instead of a screenshot but then we need to connect to Musk's servers at some point (even if through a proxy like nitter)

[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, but he could've copy pasted the title.

You could've changed the main title to something like "programming the declaration of independence" or "programming like it's 1750"

He mocks op. The gag is not the font anymore.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

But this way gives credit to Josh for the joke

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[-] HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Iosevka, a variant with slashed zero.

https://typeof.net/Iosevka/

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

IBM Mono Plex >>> all other, especially this horrible mess

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

comic shanns ms for all code editing

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[-] Kojichan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Fixed Fixedsys for life!!!!

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