Excellent open source fonts for programmers

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In the open source world where a hundred flowers bloom , Open source fonts belong to a relatively small branch . But often the more niche areas , Instead, more amazing works will be born . This article will introduce some features of open source fonts , Or exquisitely made , Or originality , Or works with deep historical background .

1、JetBrains Mono

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/
developers ：JetBrains

JetBrains Mono yes JetBrains The company specially creates programming fonts for developers —— There are even 「 The most beautiful programming font 」 Known as the .

This font fully considers the problem of eye fatigue caused by looking up the code for a long time , And related factors , Like the size and shape of letters 、 The amount of space between glyphs 、 Natural equal width balance 、 Unnecessary details 、 And indistinguishable symbols or letters （l and I） And ligatures, etc .

JetBrains Mono Provides Thin、ExtraLight、Light、Regular、Medium、SemiBold、Bold and ExtraBold common 8 Font thickness , Contains English numeric characters and Western Fonts , Support 147 Languages , But not Chinese , By default, Chinese will be displayed as the default Chinese font of the system .

JetBrains Mono Using an open source font license SIL Open Font License, Open source is free and commercially available .

JetBrains Mono Font display effect

2、Cascadia Code

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code
developers ： Microsoft

Cascadia Code It is an equal width programming font created by Microsoft . The font style of this font is special , In addition to optimizing the readability of the code 、 Make letters, numbers and symbols more recognizable , The biggest feature is that it supports programming ligatures (Programming Ligatures), That is, when entering , You can create new glyphs by combining characters .

Cascadia Code Font display effect

Cascadia Code Using an open source font license SIL Open Font License, Open source is free and commercially available .

3、Source Code Pro

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/
developers ：Adobe

Source Code Pro yes Adobe Created equal width programming font , Very suitable for programming scenarios , Support Linux、macOS and Windows Isooperating system , Provides ExtraLight、Light、Regular、Medium、Semibold、Bold and Black common 7 Font thickness .

Source Code Pro Using an open source font license SIL Open Font License, Open source is free and commercially available .

Source Code Pro Font display effect

4、Fira Code

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

Fira Code It is a programming font designed for programmers , In addition to having basic properties such as equal width , Also added programming hyphenation features (ligatures). 

As a programming font ,Fira Code Yes ASCII / Frame drawing 、 Power lines and other forms of consoles UI With excellent support ：

Fira Code Is the first programming font to provide a special font to render the progress bar ：

Fira Code Using an open source font license SIL Open Font License, Open source is free and commercially available .

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Although this article is an open source font inventory for programmers , But not just “ Programming ” This use , The fonts to be introduced below may be very creative , Or well made , Or full of traditional cultural characteristics .

5、 Neat font

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://github.com/LingDong-/qiji-font 

The whole body (QIJI Font) It is extracted from the woodblock printed books of the Ming Dynasty （ Ling min engraved version ） The font of , Also known as 「 Make the East Qi body 」.

The style of Qi style strokes has strong calligraphy characteristics , More rhythmic than the regular Ming Dynasty style , Full of humanistic atmosphere , Very suitable for people who need to show a sense of humanity 、 Hand feel 、 A quaint scene . This font is based on Siyuan Song typeface , Excellent support for Chinese characters .

The whole body shows the effect

6、 Xia Ji Wen Kai (LXGW WenKai)

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://github.com/lxgw/LxgwWenKai 

Xiadu Wenkai is an open source Chinese font , The name comes from Wang Bo's 《 Pavilion of Prince Teng Preface 》——“ fall Xia And solitude Duck Qi Fei , The autumn river shares a scenic hue with the vast sky ”.

Xiadu regular script is derived from open source Fonts Klee One, The latter is a Japanese textbook font , By a famous Japanese font manufacturer FONTWORKS make , It has the characteristics of imitating Song Dynasty and regular script . Xia Du Wen Kai is based on Klee One Complete the simple and complex common words .

Xia Du Wen Kai shows the effect

7、 Tribulus terrestris

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1

Tribulus terrestris is a sharp open source Chinese art font , be based on Fontworks Japanese fonts produced Reggae One expand 、 Adjust the font style , And add OpenType characteristic , To meet the needs of simplified Chinese .

Tribulus terrestris body display effect

8、 McDonald's fries font

Official website ：https://github.com/mcdtaiwan/McDonalds_Fries_Font

seeing the name of a thing one thinks of its function , This is a font inspired by McDonald's fries , French fries and ketchup are used as construction elements , Highly creative and distinctive .

McDonald's fries font display effect

Compatible with the situation

• Supported software and operating systems ：Illustrator CC 2018 above / Photoshop CC 2017 above / InDesign CC 2019 above / QuarkXPress 2018 Pages (macOS) / Keynote (macOS) / Sketch (macOS) / Paint.NET (Windows)

• Supported browsers ：Chrome / Safari / Firefox (26+) / Microsoft Edge (38+, Win 10)

At present, this font is available for free download , Just mark # McDonald's fries Free to use , Including commercial use .

Last , When it comes to open source fonts, there are two heavyweight works that cannot be bypassed ——「 Ses blackbody 」 and 「 Siyuan Songti 」. It is their pearls and jade in front , To give birth to more excellent derived Fonts .

9、 Ses blackbody

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-han-sans
developers ：Google & Adobe

Ses blackbody （ Also known as Source Han Sans or Noto Sans CJK） yes Google and Adobe Open source fonts created by cooperation , Using an open source font license  SIL Open Font License, Free and commercially available .“ Siyuan ” The two characters are taken from the idiom “ When one drinks water, one must not forget where it comes from ”.

Siyuan supports simplified Chinese in bold 、 Traditional Chinese 、 Japanese 、 Korean and English ; Provides ExtraLight、Light、Normal、Regular、Medium、Bold and Heavy common 7 Font thickness , It can meet the needs of text display in different scenes . Suitable for designers 、 developer , And ordinary users .

Siyuan bold display effect

10、 Siyuan Songti

license ：SIL Open Font License 1.1
Official website ：https://source.typekit.com/source-han-serif/cn/
developers ：Google & Adobe

Following “ Ses blackbody ” after ,Adobe and Google Together again created “ Siyuan Songti ”（ Referred to as Source Han Serif or Noto Serif CJK）. Siyuan Song typeface also adopts an open source font license SIL Open Font License, Free and commercially available .

Siyuan Song typeface also contains simplified and complex Chinese and four Chinese characters written in Japan and South Korea ExtraLight、Light、Regular,Medium、SemiBold、Bold and Black Seven kinds of thick and thin words are heavy , Each kind of thick and thin word weight includes 65535 It's a shape , A total of seven words are included up to 458745 It's a shape , It can meet different design requirements .

Siyuan Song typeface display effect

Colored eggs

Text to Handwriting —— Generate handwritten text

This is an open source tool that can generate handwritten text , Only English is supported by default , But you can add Chinese fonts by yourself , And specify the background picture . In addition, you can customize the font size 、 Ink color 、 Page size 、 Font spacing 、 Paper background and other properties .

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