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

Otherwise:

• Use JetBrains Mono for code.
• 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
• Support ligatures
• 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 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.

Does not match my standard:

• No ligatures

But:

• Has display font

Does not match my standard:

• No italic
• No ligatures

But:

• Has display font

Love japanese vibe. Also I prefer M PLUS Code Latin 60 because it's wide.

JetBrainsMono look alike.

Match my standard.

Love @, $. They are sick!

Small fonts.

Does not match my standard:

• No Vietnamese
• No italic
• No ligatures

I like its curved look.

Comic vibe. Look smoothly and curvely.

Does not match my standard:

• No Vietnamese
• No dotted zero

Does not match my standard:

• No Vietnamese
• No bold, italic
• No ligatures
• No dotted zero

But:

• Has display font (APL333)
• Has fork with ligatures APL386

I love its wide look, also it's feel nostalgic.

Does not match my standard:

• No Vietnamese
• No ligatures
• No dotted zero

Looks unique to me, with some sharp look.

For fancy terminal, only need NerdFontsSymbolsOnly.

• Fira Code: legend, best ligatures.

• Input: legend.

• Monoid: legend.

• mononoki: share same vibe with agave.

• 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.

• Victor Mono: love regular italic, not bold. alike, cool italic.

• Ubuntu Monospace: nostalogic to me since first Linux distro I use is Ubuntu.

• Cascadia Code: Microsoft branding font.

• Intel One Mono: latest Intel branding font.

• IBM Plex: IBM branding font.

• Monaspace: new GitHub fonts with Texture Healing.

• iA-Fonts: Notion mono font.

• JuliaMono: JetBrainsMono look

• DEPARTURE MONO: ocr vibe.

• 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.
• C64: Commodore 64 font.
• Fixedsys Excelsior: old DOS vibe.
• Fairfax HD: bitmap vibe but actually vector font, use Fairfax Hax HD if want some ligatures, use Fairfax SM HD if want raw experience.

• Clear Sans: used to be Intel branding font.
• Atkinson Hyperlegible: for reading ebook.
• Space Grotesk: same as Space Mono but for display.
• Shantell Sans: another Comic vibe.
  • The Story of Shantell Sans
• 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
• Berkeley Mono Typeface
• MonoLisa
• Cartograph

• FontForge
• Hyperglot

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