Never settle for the fonts that come with your system
You need
Better
Typefaces
Free Licence:
Code Fonts:
I personally use Hack which is a tweaked version of Plex Mono, part of IBM’s Plex typeface. Which is free, otherwise I’d be using Gintronic or Cartograph neither of which I can afford. I might do Drafting mono for $10.00.
Here is a great resource for previewing code fonts it lists just about everything: programming fonts
Curated lists:
Commercial
- Adobe Fonts once was typekit. You need a creative cloud subscription to use.
- Blambot don’t use comic sans use a real comic book font!
There are lots of small type houses out there run by designers. Support them if you can.