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		jedberg on Oct 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lesser Known Coding Fonts For a brief while I tried using Comic Sans in my IDE. I did that because it was made to be super readable. It was in fact super readable, but I just couldn't get over the lack of mono spacing. Then I switched to FiraCode and it's been great. I still use Comic Sans in all of my chat programs though (IMessage, Slack, IRC, etc.) I actually really enjoy it.

Joeri on Oct 20, 2019 [–]

Check out Fantasque Sans Mono, it is a monospaced Comic Sans.

yellowapple on Oct 21, 2019 | | [–]

Seconded; it's exactly what I use with Comic Neue.

I wouldn't say it's exactly a monospaced Comic Sans; there are substantial differences. It definitely has a lot of the same advantages, though.

jschwartzi on Oct 21, 2019 | | [–]

This is the font that I use and it's excellent.

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