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I've been using Comic Mono as my primary font for about two years now. I use it for nearly everything; it's my terminal font, and since I spend a large percentage of my time in terminal I see it all the time. It's funny how many strange looks I share my screen with people, but I find it an exceedingly pleasant font to use. I'm even using w3m to view HN, so I'm looking at Comic Mono right now.

I checked out the limited free version of Comic Code and it didn't seem like it was any better than Comic Mono, and $100 for it seemed pretty steep for the pack, particularly since I'm not a huge fan of ligatures.

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I was tempted to get Comic Code, but I wanted to add a few characters (for Agda/Lean stuff), and I think the license precludes that. So I'm currently using Comic Mono / Comic Shanns with some tweaks.

The cost is $30 for the "Coding Essentials" collection, which is more than sufficient for everyday needs. (You're missing out on stuff like Thin and Ultra Light.)

I've been using Codelia by the same designer for a bit over a year, also for nearly everything.

https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia

I absolutely love it – it was indeed a tough sell paying for a font, but it makes me happy.

The readability is much better compared to other fonts, apparently it's also great for people with dyslexia. Personally I'm happy to trade readability for density with Iosevka

I use it to and yeah, I find the readability really good. It's not something I notice consciously, but my theory is the little imperfections in the loops and such make the text easier to scan. The loop in say an 'o' has a slightly different shape than the loop in a 'p'.

Sure, but how does Comic Code compare to the free Comic Mono? Comic Mono is pretty readable.

They are close but when I look at them side by side I give the edge to Comic Code. With Comic Mono I think the lines are a little too thick. Other things I notice, : is too small and <> are too big. YMMV of course

Also, while the complete set of Comic Code is $100, there's a "coding essentials" pack for $30

Same here. I can’t explain why, but it feels like a more relaxed font and I really like it.

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