monospace-font-list vs cascadia-code

monospace-font-list

Work to build a list of monospace/typewriter/coding/fixed-width fonts, with completeness as the goal. (by dse)

cascadia-code

This is a fun, new monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal. (by microsoft)

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monospace-font-list		cascadia-code
	Project
3	Mentions	83
67	Stars	24,136
-	Growth	0.9%
3.9	Activity	0.0
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	11 days ago
Perl	Language	Python
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

monospace-font-list

Posts with mentions or reviews of monospace-font-list. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-18.

monospace-font-list: A comprehensive list of monospace /typewriter / coding / fixed-width fonts
1 project | /r/planetemacs | 22 Sep 2021
Preferred Monospace Font?
13 projects | /r/emacs | 18 Sep 2021

I found this list immensely helpful: https://github.com/dse/monospace-font-list
This monospace font, used for a Clickhole greeting card. (and I maintain a list of monospace fonts.)
1 project | /r/identifythisfont | 29 Jan 2021

monospace font list

cascadia-code

Posts with mentions or reviews of cascadia-code. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-07.

Notepad does not render monospaced fonts as monospaced
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2023
Emacs font width and weight
2 projects | /r/emacs | 7 Jun 2023

It's Cascadia Code: https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/
Looking for a nice and legible font for Emacs
6 projects | /r/emacs | 10 May 2023

Previously, [VictorMono](https://rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/), but now I am rocking: [JetBrainsMono](https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/) and [Cascadia Code](https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code)
Jetbrains can't find Cascadia Code font.
1 project | /r/Jetbrains | 29 Apr 2023

Not sure what causes it, maybe the font was installed in a format JetBrains doesn't support? In any case, installing the TTF files from the github repo worked for me.
So what cool and new stuff have you built lately? New Aha moments? Share 'em here!
1 project | /r/PinoyProgrammer | 5 Apr 2023
Contame qué editor de texto o IDE usas con los plugins/themes que tengas!
5 projects | /r/devsarg | 28 Mar 2023
Modern Mono
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Feb 2023

I've completely fallen for Cascadia Code - https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code - which I think deserves a mention.
Retrieved the Amulet for the first time!
1 project | /r/nethack | 5 Jan 2023

The font is Cascadia-Code.
What I have done
1 project | /r/programminghorror | 9 Dec 2022

Check out Cascadia Code: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/cascadia-code https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases
Whats the font of this?
1 project | /r/identifythisfont | 9 Dec 2022

Cascadia Code by Microsoft, https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code

What are some alternatives?

When comparing monospace-font-list and cascadia-code you can also consider the following projects:

juliamono - repository for JuliaMono, a monospaced font with reasonable Unicode support.

FiraCode - Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

Inconsolata - Development repo of Inconsolata Fonts by Raph Levien

caskaydia-cove - Caskaydia Cove is a fork of the Cascadia Code typeface with the RFN (Reserved Font Name) removed, plus small adjustments to conform to the Google Fonts spec.

source-code-pro - Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments

Menlo-for-Powerline - Menlo font patched to work with Powerline

sf-mono-ligaturized - San Francisco Mono Font with Ligatures

Sarasa-Gothic - Sarasa Gothic / 更纱黑体 / 更紗黑體 / 更紗ゴシック / 사라사 고딕

Iosevka - Versatile typeface for code, from code.

victor-mono - A free programming font with cursive italics and ligatures. Donations welcome ❤️