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I really do love the fun IDE colors.

Does anyone else switch IDE themes depending on the project? Whenever I started a new project I would choose a new theme to go with it.

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[-] darkmugglet@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

My better half is convinced that my job is looking at and interacting with black windows. She can't figure out why I need high end computers when all I did is fiddle with the black windows.

[-] AChiTenshi@vlemmy.net 8 points 2 years ago

Just dark mode for me. Though maybe I should try mixing it up with neon text colors.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Always dark mode. But some themes are like dark blue, or dark green.

[-] GameWiz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

One Dark Pro

[-] kronicmage@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Give gruvbox a shot! My absolute favourite color scheme. Here's an example of it in action in my config: link

[-] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I push buttons for a living. Computer buttons on my most productive days.

[-] ndotb@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Nope, it's all light theme with comic sans and small caps for me

[-] Pseu@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

And Comic Sans is missing small-caps versions of the letters ᴀᴄᴅᴇᴊᴋᴍɴᴏᴘᴏᴛᴜᴠᴡᴢ (which is most of them), which would put reading your code from hard to nightmare difficulty.

[-] double_oh_walter@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago
[-] matj1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I prefer original Comic Sans. How Comic Mono has all characters forced to the same width makes it uglier and less readable, especially capital letters.

[-] double_oh_walter@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Mono spaced fonts are used when writing code , usually. Or in a terminal emulator.

[-] matj1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Right. But monospacedness is not a requirement for programming fonts. So I often promote proportional fonts for programming because they are better IMO. I mean that variable width allows fonts more potential to be good at what I want from fonts, not that every proportional font of better.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

I don't have any colors to suggest but I do have two fonts to recommend.

  1. Comic Code is a hand drawn monospaced font that invokes the feeling of Comic Sans without looking bad on modern monitors. I love it. The downside is that it isn't free, but if you're interested,
  2. Fantasque Sans Mono is the same idea but free.

These two fonts just make things feel a little more human and whimsical in a way I can't fully explain and I love them.

Also, about color themes, never let anyone.ake fun of you for using a light theme. Sometimes they're better. It's not so simple as dark or light, some tools have awful light themes or awful dark themes.

[-] jeff@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Great recommendations. I'm a fan of JetBrains Mono myself

[-] matj1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I Like Input Sans for programming. iA Writer Quattro is similar to that. Now, I use for programming Recursive, a variable font with variable monospacedness among others. It has a configurator where all axes and features can be fixed for better compatibility.

[-] zikal@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Dark mode with a darkish background on the whole IDE. That's how I enjoy it.

[-] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

I only use monochrome (16 shades of gray)

[-] _ParallaxMax_@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I use a modified version of an old hope

[-] Denaton@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I do different IDE based on project type, does that count?

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