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I always want the best fonts for my terminal, my text editor, my ... But I'm not satisfied easily, so I keep trying new fonts. Prefer free fonts of course :D

TLDR:

On macOS, prefer San Francisco. Remember each time macOS release new version/new update, you should download again to get (maybe) latest version.

Otherwise:

• Use Inter for display.

Prefer:

• If macOS choose OTF, otherwise choose TTF format.
• If macOS ignore hinting, otherwise use hinting.
• Choose static font over variable font.

My standard for choosing fonts:

• Support Vietnamese
• Support bold, italic
• Has dotted zero, because I dislike slashed zero

Manually install fonts:

• macOS directory: ~/Library/Fonts
• Linux directory: ~/.local/share/fonts

JetBrains branding font.

Match my standard.

I use:

• ss02
• cv04
• cv18

I often choose SS08 variant because I also love PragmataPro too.

Match my standard.

Also:

• Has display font

Font is narrow, can display much more on small screen.

I have custom build Iosevka Pacman for my own use.

I often choose Casual variant.

Match my standard.

Also:

• Has display font

• Designing Recursive

Small fonts.

But:

• Has display font

I use:

• cv06
• cv08

JetBrainsMono look alike.

Match my standard.

Love @, $. They are sick!

I use:

• zero
• cv03
• cv39

For fancy terminal, only need NerdFontsSymbolsOnly.

• Fira Code: legend, best ligatures.
• Input: legend.
• Monoid: legend.
• Fantasque Sans Mono: handwriting vibe, beautiful italic.
• agave: small fonts, beautiiful curved look.
• mononoki: share same vibe with agave.
• Hermit: unique and sharp look.
• APL-385: wide look, feel nostalgic.
  • APL386: has ligatures.
• M+: love japanese vibe, prefer M PLUS Code Latin 60 because it's wide.
• Martian Mono: wide font with bold, strong look.
• 0xProto: found it on Instagram, wish it has dotted zero.
• Commit Mono: claim to be true netral font. Also I love the website.
• Annotation Mono: handwriting vibe, beautiful italic, love wide look.
  • Use ligatures: liga, ss01, onum
• Ubuntu Sans Mono: nostalogic to me since first Linux distro I use is Ubuntu.
• Cascadia Code: Microsoft branding font.
• IBM Plex: IBM branding font.
• Monaspace: GitHub branding font.
  • A LETTERMATIC CASE STUDY: MONASPACE
  • Use ligatures: calt, liga, ss01, ss02, ss03, ss06

• Terminus: super old, super legend font.
• 3270font: nostalogic.
• Cozette: feel 8-bit vibe, mono to death. But sometimes it's hard to read. Bitmap fonts is hard to install too.
• The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack with Flexi IBM VGA: old school.
• Fixedsys Excelsior: old DOS vibe.
• Spleen: default font for OpenBSD console.

• Clear Sans: used to be Intel branding font.
• Space Grotesk: same as Space Mono but for display.
• Shantell Sans: another Comic vibe.
  • The Story of Shantell Sans
• Ubuntu Sans: same as Ubuntu Sans Mono.
• 0xPropo: same as 0xProto but for display.
• Routed Gothic Font: aircraft font vibe.
• Martian Grotesk: same as Martian Mono but for display.

Costing money fonts, but I like them too much, will probably buy it if I have money:

• PragmataPro
• MonoLisa

• Hyperglot
• FontGoggles
• LCDF Typetools

• Better font rendering in linux
• No more blurry fonts in linux