Ask HN: Any good font which shows clear difference of text “oO01lLiI”?

15 points by mk48 5 months ago

I can see only "Consolas" font can show clear difference of characters "oO01lLiI". any other fonts?

jstewartmobile 5 months ago

(Iosevka Term, Iosevka Term Slab) http://typeof.net/Iosevka/

https://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-co...

(M+ 1m) https://mplus-fonts.osdn.jp/about-en.html

tuxracer 5 months ago

Ubuntu Mono https://design.ubuntu.com/font/

Changed the font of Hacker News to Ubuntu Mono a while ago with https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader and can see the difference between those characters in your post quite clearly

yura 5 months ago

Personal favorites: Roboto Mono, Hack / DejaVu Sans Mono, Fira Code / Fira Mono, Source Code Pro.

I like Inconsolata, but in my opinion, its 'l' looks an awful lot like a '1'.

jstewartmobile 5 months ago

https://github.com/BourgeoisBear/DaddyTimeMono

zapzupnz 5 months ago

I wouldn't use this for my terminal or source code, personally, but I think this font would look fantastic for old-school JRPG text.
- jstewartmobile 5 months ago
  
  Check it out at a smaller point size than the example. Hinting makes it less ornamented at smaller sizes (< 11pt).
  - zapzupnz 5 months ago
    
    (then I won't be able to see it; I work at 14pt)

bluefin 5 months ago

Input by Font Bureau: http://input.fontbureau.com/

LarryMade2 5 months ago

I use OCR A as my terminal font - it does a good job of character variation and also looks retro cool.

facorreia 5 months ago

Hack is quite good.

https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/

ncmncm 5 months ago

Inconsolata is my go-to code font, hands down.

Libertine for text, Biolinum for labels.

swah 5 months ago

...most of those fonts only look good on Retina displays...

Ibethewalrus 5 months ago

Source