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I don't know why anyone would even bother to even go beyond the first item on the list. Such beauty, such elegant geometry, such timeless classic lines. Truly an elegant font for a more civilized time.

https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270

BTW, I'm also a huge fan of Luxi Mono, but I edit it and add a dot in the middle of the zero to make it different from the O. I like it because it reminds me a bit of the Sun console font (which I always forget the name). I could also go with Go Mono, which is mostly the same, but has a slashed zero.

edit: if you hate my font, just don't use it. You don't have to downvote this. ;-)




I hate your font, but upvoted you to celebrate the diversity of human perception. :-D

I think it is wild that so many of us have these very strong, yet radically different, opinions.


Don't get people started on vim and Emacs...


Your font is cool, ignore the downvotes. It reminds me a bit of the default console font on OpenBSD, Spleen [1].

[1] https://www.cambus.net/spleen-monospaced-bitmap-fonts/


I really don't like it, but thanks for sharing it anyway (and creating it in the first place I guess).


It's a good font for those that think that the world and computer technology peaked in 1971. I don't share that opinion.


I don't think it necessarily peaked, but the IBM PC represents an inflection point - it was built on top of the office equipment more cozy aesthetics rather than the computer division's cleaner and minimalistic visual identity. The PC has a George Gershwin vibe while the terminals such as the 3278 have a definite Emerson, Lake and Palmer techo-utopia thing to it.


Same about Luxi Mono. I have also added a dot. I used to program in old redhat linux with crt monitor. And at that time, it used to be the default font for terminals.


I'm a huge fan of that font, it looks great and there's a Nerd Font version of it available.


I don’t understand why none of these lists ever include my favourite font: PragmataPro.


I have to say I was quite surprised to find my font in there too.




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