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Top Programming Fonts
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Re: Top Programming Fonts
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Generally speaking - most of the monospace fonts I see are totally fine and I really don't care about the differences between the 10 he mentioned as being good. But when I go to windows and run cmd.exe I'm blown away by just how ugly the font they use there is.
I'm blown away that you can change the font for cmd.exe, but you only get one other option: Lucida Console. Still, it beats "Raster Fonts".
http://www.hassings.dk/lars/fonts.html
Follow instructions, select 6x13. Problem solved.
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#123Every second spent on "programming font" choice is a second wasted. Every single second. Twiddling fonts is to programming what applying flame decals is to car racing. If the font doesn't become transparent to you after uhm, about 5 seconds of focusing at the code then you should permanently switch to iPads as you have no business doing any real computing.
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#124I switched to PragmataPro[1] two months ago and love it. (Anti-aliasing turned off in iTerm2, with Vim and the Solarized colour scheme.[2]) When you stare at code all day, it's worth spending the time to make it as pleasant and legible an experience as you can. [1]: http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragmatapro.htm [2]: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
Solarized is nice, but PragmataPro is vomitous. There's such a thing as too compact, and man does that qualify.
I use Consolas at 16pt, but I also do most of my work on a 2560x1600 monitor. Consolas at 14pt on my laptop.
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#125Every second spent on "programming font" choice is a second wasted. Every single second. Twiddling fonts is to programming what applying flame decals is to car racing. If the font doesn't become transparent to you after uhm, about 5 seconds of focusing at the code then you should permanently switch to iPads as you have no business doing any real computing.
Unless you'd otherwise be spending your time doing something else unproductive, in which case it doesn't matter.
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#126Switched around for a long time, then realized that the coolest thing about Kod was the default font, so I stole it for vim: The M+ Fonts: hugely recommended - http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/
Me, too! I far prefer the density but it's probably ruining my eyes. Also, on TextMate you have to adjust the line height.
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#127I don't wish to troll, but I see this a lot and I can't for the life of me figure out how anyone needs to give this any more thought than 'monospace, next question?', despite many explanations each time. Can someone shed some light on any advantages they feel are of a reasonably significant importance, and why? I mean, I can see plenty of advantages, but they're all so negligible they're not worth even the time it ta…
If you're staring at it for 10 hours a day, I think it's fine to want to like it.
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#128My favourite font for coding, that which I use everywhere I can, is monofur.
Reading it is like visual candy.
It also looks really good on Linux - the AA seems to work out quite well.
Edit for hey, reading the article that mentions monofur is a good idea too. :)
Re: Top Programming Fonts
#129Trying out Consolas with iTerm2. Wish it was a little more easily portable.
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#130I've been a big fan of smoothansi for a long time. It's part of the artwiz project.
http://codeblog.palos.ro/2008/02/08/smoothansi-font-best-for...