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Okay, I Like WezTerm

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488 points alexpls | 1 comments | 12 Aug 24 13:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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aftbit ◴[12 Aug 24 18:29 UTC] No.41227750[source]▶
I really _want_ to like WezTerm but the font rendering just looks bad compared to Alacritty. I understand that this is a very personal feeling and plenty of people like the WezTerm way better... but not me.

The author is not interested in trying to fix this issue, which is totally fine, as they point out font rendering is very subjective, but I'm also not willing to use a terminal that looks worse, even though I like many other things about it better.

https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/5331

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1. spartanatreyu ◴[13 Aug 24 04:24 UTC] No.41232223[source]▶
I'd probably try a few fonts first just to see if it's an issue with rendering, or if the font itself is problematic since sometimes it's the font's fault itself when it's being used in a different environment. (font internals are a crazy rabbit hole to dive down)

Besides, if you're trying another terminal it's also a great excuse to try other things too!

I'm a fan of tools like these where you compare a series of option pairs (in this case font pairs) in succession until it spits out your most preferred option: https://www.codingfont.com/