Best Programming Fonts (2024)
A detailed guide on setting up font family and font ligatures in Visual Studio Code, along with an overview of a few fantastic programming fonts you should try out.
A detailed guide on setting up font family and font ligatures in Visual Studio Code, along with an overview of a few fantastic programming fonts you should try out.
You’ll learn how to easily experiment and try out different coding fonts to find your perfect font and how to solve a major gotcha related to font ligatures.
Chapters
- 00:00 Why you should find a good coding font
- 00:28 How to change font family in VS Code
- 01:13 How to enable ligatures in VS code
- 02:04 What are font ligatures
- 02:54 How to find a good programming font
- 03:47 JetBrains Mono Font
- 04:05 Cascadia Code Font
- 04:37 Iosevka Font
- 05:05 How to inspect font variations on MacOS in Font Book
- 05:46 Using font variations in VS Code
- 06:31 Fira Code Font
- 06:48 GitHub Monaspace Font
- 07:37 What if font ligatures are not working in VS Code
- 08:48 What is your favorite coding font?
