A listener request led us to <a href="https://tonsky.me">Nikita Prokopov</a> and <a href="https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode">FiraCode</a>, and we’re sure glad they did. When we think of open source software, fonts aren’t usually high on the list of things that need maintaining. That’s not true when your font also supports hundreds of programming ligatures like FiraCode does. Nikita has his hands full!
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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Nikita Prokopov – <a href="http://tonsky.me/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/tonsky" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://x.com/nikitonsky" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak – <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Jerod Santo – <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">X</a></li></ul>Show Notes:<ul>
<li><a href="https://changelog.com/news/fira-code-a-free-monospaced-font-with-programming-ligatures-g91O">FiraCode on Changelog News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode">FiraCode on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bBoxType/FiraSans">FiraSans on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/FiraCode">FiraCode on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/tonsky">Nikita on Patreon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://glyphsapp.com/">Glyphs</a></li>
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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Adam Stacoviak

Jerod Santo

Nikita Prokopov

The intersection of coding and fonts (Interview)

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