[zingplex]

Not open source or free but I find PragmataPro [0] to be absolutely gorgeous. Iosevka comes close but I don't think it'll ever be able to bridge the gap for me.

[0] https://fsd.it/shop/fonts/pragmatapro/

[twobitshifter]

I also recommend iosevka as a great free font for development work with many available variations.

https://typeof.net/Iosevka/

[ragnarkon]

Wow that font is excellent.

Honestly I've never thought to buy a font unless I was using it for web or print... but I may have to buy that just for myself.

[SirensOfTitan]

What makes you like Pragmata Pro better? Do you think it's almost $250 dollars better than Iosevka?

Great fonts bring me a lot of joy, but Pragmata Pro always felt fairly ridiculously priced to me. I know the author put a lot of time into it, but 99% of the font's features are irrelevant to me (I'll never use Hebrew, for instance, or even the non-mono version of the font).

[zingplex]

Essential PragmataPro has a reduced character set for €19. I do think it's $250 dollars better than Iosevka. What convinced me is manual hinting.