Fonts in Emacs

Features in font

Support for different styles
*bold*; /italic, slanted or oblique/; and `monospaced'
oblique and not italic
thin/normal
Not same nor similar glyphs for two symbols. For instance, "0 O o" are different symbols but some fonts tend to make them very similar in appearance.

Fonts

List of some interesting fonts with notes.

Monospaced fonts

Hack

Webpage :: [http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/]
Source :: [https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack]
License :: MIT

A typeface designed for source code. Hack is designed to be a workhorse typeface for source code. It has deep roots in the free, open source typeface community and expands upon the contributions of the Bitstream Vera & DejaVu projects. The large x-height + wide aperture + low contrast design make it legible at commonly used source code text sizes with a sweet spot that runs in the 8 - 14 range. * From the Hack source Web page.

Support for:

Regular, bold, italic, bold italic.
No similar glyphs.
No thin font.

http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/

https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack

Roboto Mono

FreeMono

Proportional fonts

Fira Code

Sacha Chua's handwritting (sachacHand)

Latin Modern Roman

The \LaTeX font!

Almost monospaced fonts

Input

Webpage :: [https://input.djr.com/]
License :: Custom license.

Fonts for code from DJR & Font Bureau Input is a flexible system of fonts designed specifically for code by David Jonathan Ross. It offers both monospaced and proportional fonts, all with a large range of widths, weights, and styles for richer code formatting.

https://input.djr.com/

Emacs

Fonts in Emacs can be changed by setting the default font.

(set-face-attribute 'default nil :font "Hack" :height 110)

Org-mode tips

Titles with more height and weight

(set-face-attribute 'org-level-1 nil
                    :height (* nano-font-size 14)
                    :weight 'bold)
(set-face-attribute 'org-level-2 nil
                    :height (* nano-font-size 12)
                    :weight 'medium)
(set-face-attribute 'org-level-3 nil
                    :height (* nano-font-size 10))
(set-face-attribute 'org-tag nil
                    :height (* nano-font-size 10)
                    :weight 'medium)

Using monospaced in tables

(set-face-attribute 'org-tables nil
                    :font "Hack"
                    :height 110)

Using monospaced in Source Blocks

(set-face-attribute 'org-block nil
                    :font "Hack"
                    :height 110)

Change fonts depending on the current task.

It is possible to change the font according to the current task. This code will let you select the font and other configurations according to the task you are about to do.

Articles

["Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing"] by Blake Watson. November 2022.
["Almost monospaced fonts"] by jcs. November 2022.

"Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing"

"Almost monospaced fonts"

Concepts or Glossary

Monospaced font ::
Proportinal font ::
Didone :: A Serif subtype. See [Wikipedia Article].
Serif :: Typefaces with small line or stroke attached to the end of a larger stroke. See [Wikipedia Article].
Sans Serif :: Typefaces without small line or stroke attached to the end of a larger stroke. See [Wikipedia Article].
Roman ::

Wikipedia Article