10 amazing fonts to upgrade your VS Code experience

Tari Ibaba

Last updated on September 13, 2024

10 amazing fonts to upgrade your VS Code experience

Why do many devs keep using that boring Consolas font?

VS Code thinks it’s the best but there are so many better font options out there for you.

Here are 10 stunning fonts to spice up your coding game and upgrade your developer quality of life.

1. Fira Code

It's extremely popular and for good reason.

This was where I first discovered the magic of ligatures.

Ligatures -- those gorgeous character combos that naturalize your code.

It’s legible, open source and free to use.

Made by Mozilla (but hosted in the GitHub repo of some "tonsky" guy?)

2. Fantasque Sans Mono

An elegant font to bring out the joy in your workspace.

We used to call it Comic Sans Neue Mono because of the similarity to Comic Sans and Helvetica Neue.

3. Roboto Mono

100% chance you've seen a Roboto font somewhere.

YouTube, Android, Material Design... this is Google's baby.

So this is Roboto for coding.

You'll see it all over the place in Google Dev Docs too -- Android Dev, Firebase, GCP...

4. Anonymous Pro

Made specifically for coding with excellent readability -- thanks to consistent spacing and clear character descriptions.

It reminds me of the Monospace font in that Notepad++ editor I used in the past (underwhelming compared to VS Code ofc).

5. Cascadia Code

Fira Code was great but I found the characters too tall.

So I switched to this beauty that I've been with ever since.

Supports ligatures too:

6. Noto Sans Mono

Clean and modern font that renders perfectly across multiple screen sizes and languages.

Open-sourced and free to use.

7. JetBrains Mono

The lovely font you'll find in WebStorm, IntelliJ and every other IDE from Jetbrains.

8. Comic Neue

It's a comic-inspired coding font with an energetic appearance.

It may give you a certain feeling of casualness in your coding (for better or worse).

9. Pixelify Sans

The chunky, pixelated letter forms give you the nostalgia of all those old video games from the past.

10. Victor Mono

Clean and minimalist with excellent readability and gracefully cursive italics.

There’s a font here for every developer’s taste – all clear and breathtaking to upgrade your coding experience.

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