

But what if we could use remote development techniques like Development Containers or GitHub Codespaces to finally overcome the “works on my machine” problem? And also end the cloud vs. The source code is available under Apache 2.We love them, and hate them at the same time: local development environments. You do not need to give credit to JetBrains, although we will appreciate it very much if you do. JetBrains Mono typeface is available under the OFL-1.1 License and can be used free of charge, for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. After the scripts are complete, the files can be found in fonts folder.Type python scripts/generate_variable_webfonts.py in Terminal and run it to generate variable woff2 files.Type gftools builder sources/config.yaml in Terminal and run it.Navigate to JetBrainsMono folder in Terminal app.Install fonttools pip install fonttools.The source files can be found in the "Source" folder. Note To build from source, you'd need Python 3.9.5 or higher (install instructions for Python available here). You can find full JetBrains Mono character set on our wiki page. Here are the instructions for enabling these features. Character Variant cv01-99 usually changes only one character.

Stylistic Sets ss01-20 usually change a group of characters. Starting from v2.304, JetBrains Mono has added support for alternate characters. Note if your IDE doesn’t support OpenType features and ligatures, use JetBrains Mono NL instead. To balance whitespace more efficiently by shifting the glyphs in certain cases:.To reduce noise by merging symbols and removing details so the eyes are processing less:.In code, this technique is adopted to show operators and is used mainly for two purposes: Traditionally, it was introduced as a space-saving technique in printed texts. This approach keeps code lines to the length that developers expect, and it helps improve rendering in small size, since each symbol occupies more pixels.Ī ligature is a character consisting of two or more joined symbols. While characters remain standard in width, the height of the lowercase is maximized. There are 8 font styles available in JetBrains Mono, from Thin to ExtraBold, each coming with its own italic version. To enable ligatures, go to Editor: Font Ligatures, click Edit in settings.json, and copy this line "editor.fontLigatures": true into json file.In the Editor: Font Family input box type JetBrains Mono, replacing any content.From the File menu ( Code on Mac) go to Preferences → Settings, or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+, ( Cmd+, on Mac).Once JetBrains Mono is installed in your OS, you are ready to configure the editor.
