Almost monospaced: the perfect fonts for writing

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  • plex

    The package of IBM’s typeface, IBM Plex.

  • > iA Writer

    The typeface is a modification of IBM Plex Mono[0]. I'd recognise that 'a' glyph anywhere.

    [0]: https://github.com/IBM/plex

  • iA-Fonts

    Free variable writing fonts from iA

  • WorkOS

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  • source-code-pro

    Monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments

  • I prefer Source Code Pro for the terminal:

    https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/

  • juliamono

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

  • This is a great font! It feels to me almost like a 'handwritten' version of the font I use, [Julia Mono](https://juliamono.netlify.app/)

  • vim-pencil

    Rethinking Vim as a tool for writing

  • Two years ago, I did nanowrimo in Vim with a whole suite of plugins:

    - https://github.com/preservim/vim-pencil

    - https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim.git

    - https://github.com/junegunn/limelight.vim.git

    - https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    It was fun, and the setup is almost identical to iA Writer which I appreciate. I even had it all on my phone with Termux!

    Last year I just did it in Markdown in VSCode in "zen mode" which also worked pretty well. It was definitely easier to setup than Vim and had better highlighting of bold/italics/etc.

  • goyo.vim

    :tulip: Distraction-free writing in Vim

  • Two years ago, I did nanowrimo in Vim with a whole suite of plugins:

    - https://github.com/preservim/vim-pencil

    - https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim.git

    - https://github.com/junegunn/limelight.vim.git

    - https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    It was fun, and the setup is almost identical to iA Writer which I appreciate. I even had it all on my phone with Termux!

    Last year I just did it in Markdown in VSCode in "zen mode" which also worked pretty well. It was definitely easier to setup than Vim and had better highlighting of bold/italics/etc.

  • limelight.vim

    :flashlight: All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players

  • Two years ago, I did nanowrimo in Vim with a whole suite of plugins:

    - https://github.com/preservim/vim-pencil

    - https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim.git

    - https://github.com/junegunn/limelight.vim.git

    - https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    It was fun, and the setup is almost identical to iA Writer which I appreciate. I even had it all on my phone with Termux!

    Last year I just did it in Markdown in VSCode in "zen mode" which also worked pretty well. It was definitely easier to setup than Vim and had better highlighting of bold/italics/etc.

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  • vimwiki

    Personal Wiki for Vim

  • Two years ago, I did nanowrimo in Vim with a whole suite of plugins:

    - https://github.com/preservim/vim-pencil

    - https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim.git

    - https://github.com/junegunn/limelight.vim.git

    - https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    It was fun, and the setup is almost identical to iA Writer which I appreciate. I even had it all on my phone with Termux!

    Last year I just did it in Markdown in VSCode in "zen mode" which also worked pretty well. It was definitely easier to setup than Vim and had better highlighting of bold/italics/etc.

  • homebrew-cask-fonts

    πŸ–‹ Casks of οΌ¦πŸ…Ύπ“π“πš‚

  • Of course, most other recommendations in this thread are available as well:

    https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-fonts/tree/master/...

    These land in the same folder as user installs through Font Book. Using homebrew makes moving to a new system as easy as bundling the Brewfile.

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