zenburn-emacs vs cascadia-code

zenburn-emacs

The Zenburn colour theme ported to Emacs (by bbatsov)

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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zenburn-emacs		cascadia-code
	Project
6	Mentions	83
968	Stars	24,185
-	Growth	1.1%
4.6	Activity	5.6
30 days ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
Emacs Lisp	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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zenburn-emacs

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

What is your favorite color scheme?
10 projects | /r/emacs | 6 Jun 2023
Could you please suggest theme for Emacs + Org mode?
23 projects | /r/emacs | 22 Aug 2022
The theme from projectile's github README?..
2 projects | /r/emacs | 9 Jan 2022

Here's the link to the theme's repo https://github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-emacs
Dracula Theme: a dark theme for 227 different apps
19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Dec 2021
More Emacs archaeology: xenomacs? Circa 2000?
3 projects | /r/emacs | 18 Apr 2021

zenburn theme - Around since at least the mid-2000s when I first picked it up but not sure if it's Year 2000 old.

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 zenburn-emacs and cascadia-code you can also consider the following projects:

xenops - An editing environment for LaTeX mathematical documents

FiraCode - Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

vim-colors-solarized - precision colorscheme for the vim text editor

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.

macos-terminal-themes - Color schemes for default macOS Terminal.app

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

emmet-mode - emmet's support for emacs.

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

poet - An emacs theme that's well suited for modes using variable pitch: particularly org-mode and markdown-mode.

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

shanty-themes - The shanty emacs theme is meant for us, you and me - the workers - who may not get dirty hands very often but love to code and tinker while looking at a screen full of pleasant colors.

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