@_philpl Bought! Love the simple site you setup btw, very fast. What'd you use to implement the no user/pass login?

I write code everyday in life. However £40 for a monospaced font? If you buy this then congratulations, you clearly have money with which to set fire to.

I'd love to try it to see if it makes a difference in coding happiness. Never thought about changing the font, still using the default font in Sublime Text 3. I've only changed the theme and syntax highlighting.

while I would give this font a ride I just could not justify $40 purchase on font with so many open-source and free alternative. It's just a monospaced font after all, not a programming tool.

Pros:

reasonable good looking

Cons:

$40 price tag

Phil gave me a beta preview before the release, I didn't set it as the default font for a couple day. I was terrified to try a new font, I thought I cannot get used to it soon. (You probably think the same)

But hell I WAS WRONG! 😍

I got used to this font in 1 day! I can't go back to "Operator Mono" (I was using it), or Menlo now.

The fact that Phil is actively releasing updates and listening to users, is very promising. That is #1 reason I tried it at first.

Pros:

Lovable 😍 - Perfect glyph details - Highly optimized for high resolution display - Frequent updates and fixes +1

Cons:

Nothing! If any, I've seen he is all ears to listen and fix them ASAP!

Hiya, There are many coding fonts out there, but before you judge it too quickly, let me tell you the story of how “Dank Mono” came to be. There a lot of coding fonts out there that focus on rendering well at a wide range of font sizes. But when I previously used some of them, none were as beautiful as some display fonts out there. I really wanted a coding font that is designed with aesthetics in mind at reasonable font sizes like 14px. So this is why I eventually made Dank Mono! With the main goals of italics, having some ligatures, powerline symbols, and small details on every single letter. I hope you all like it! Cheers! Edit: One more thing, if you decide to buy Dank Mono please feel free to use this 15% coupon code: "producthunt27783"; Grab 'em while they're hot, since it's only valid for the first 30 people! :) Edit 2: The coupon has now been extended to more people (45)

It looks really good if you're a fan of certain things about your fonts. Also italic version is something some people will definitely enjoy.

But nothing beats Menlo in my book 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pros:

Nice aesthetics if you're a fan of Fira, italic version

Cons:

Costs more than "Borda" design font.

Absolutely well intentioned, but overstates itself. Things that increase the value of your product, like research, was purposefully avoided, along with established patterns (Why? No reason given). Jargon like "monotone spacing" (which isn't a thing) is scattered throughout the post without explanation or definition. I fear this is an open source font with some added glyphs, bent corners, a medium post, and somehow got much more traffic than it deserves.

While I understand that it's okay to get paid for your hard work, with all the opensource alternatives I find it too bad to ask for money when it's clearly not made for businesses. Welp, good work anyway.

Pros:

It's a monospace font that looks good

Cons:

It's not free

40$ is definitely too pricey when the free, high quality "Fira Code" exists https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

I'm using Fira Code for several years, and only those not aware of free alternatives would risk buying this font. I wouldn't buy this without testing it first on my code. Too bad the 40$ tag is preventing me from doing that...

Other programming fonts (free and paid) https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCo...

Pros:

Helps raising awareness on the importance of a good font.

Cons:

Price. Free, quality competition exists.

My code has never looked more spiffing.

I was initially concerned that ligatures would be confusing, but nothing could be further from the case: if anything I'm concerned about not having the visual affordance now!

I love it.

Pros:

1) Dankness 2) The "f" character 3) The ligatures rock

Cons:

You use it to write code. Boo.

Why would you spend £40 for a font?

Pros:

none

Cons:

fira is the best

why would I change fira for this?

£40 for a font... really?

I am no master typesetter, just a dude with a love for typography, and I'd like to offer my two cents— First impression is somewhat mixed, some characters are almost perfect, while most glyphs ooze with an amateurish feel. But as you said, you're a developer who made this typeface, so hats off to you! Next, the ultra-minute features are better off in a display typeface rather than a monospace coding font. They are way too small to make a difference, and I don't agree with the "contribute to the overall feel of the font." statement you made. The 'f' is brilliant. That is a feature that really gets noticed. But it stops there. The stroke contrast is glaringly inconsistent across glyphs, even more so in the Italic version. Some of those finials could use some rework. The italics is a bit of an overkill, in my opinion. I really hate Operator Mono, it lacks the subtle elegance of many of the costlier monospace typefaces, and sadly, this too falls in that bucket. Dank Mono is one of those products that will polarise users— they either love it or hate it. Personally, I think the normal version is brilliant for a first attempt, and I hate the italic variant. That said, I'd love to see a v2, there's a lot of potential here. And oh, its way too expensive at $40, without an trial, that too.

We have decent free fonts to work with why would anyone pay 40 bucks to use a font in his editor ?

Pros:

Nice looking

Cons:

$40 ?!

Contrary to other views, I'm happy to support this project and £40 really isn't much in that regard — not everything has to be open-source/free. Thanks for creating this Phil.

Pros:

Beautiful.

Cons:

None really, license is flexible and purchase was easy.

This should be always your default font for programming! I've been using it since day 1 and I have to say it worth every single penny, ligatures and cursives makes it a delightful font! 👌🏻 💯% recommended to every developer out there in the wild! You won't regret!

I wasn't sure, if it's reasonable enough to give $40 for a font (for EU citizens it's actually £40, even more). Yet, I decided to give it a go and support Phil's brave idea. I use mainly PHP and the font doesn't come that fancy for it, but front-end languages got a serious improvement. Generally speaking, it's the best font I've experienced on a Retina Mac. Great job! 👍

Looks really beautiful, and I might be getting my first code font! What happened to that lowercase italic ’d’ though? Perhaps the $40 price tag ripped it apart?

monospace and handwriting letter should not meant to be mixed.

Pros:

is there any?

Cons:

that handwriting letter s

40£ for a font?? that's insane. it's not an IDE, it's not a tool, it's not going to help with the coding. TextMate app costs less than that!