List of the best fonts for programming with comparative screenshots.
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Re: List of the best fonts for programming with comparative screenshots.
#2I wish these perennial programming font lists would make clear up-front which fonts are designed with anti-aliasing (or ClearType) in mind.
I don't like the fuzzy look of anti-aliased fonts, plus I typically work with two monitors, one in landscape mode, and one rotated 90 degrees for portrait mode. I don't think ClearType works correctly in this case anyhow.
So far I haven't found anything I like better than BitStream Vera Sans Mono.
Re: List of the best fonts for programming with comparative screenshots.
#3I wish these perennial programming font lists would make clear up-front which fonts are designed with anti-aliasing (or ClearType) in mind. I don't like the fuzzy look of anti-aliased fonts, plus I typically work with two monitors, one in landscape mode, and one rotated 90 degrees for portrait mode. I don't think ClearType works correctly in this case anyhow. So far I haven't found anything I like better than BitStre…
Hey mate, I've got some free time tonight so I will go back over every font and update them with that information. Thanks for the feedback.
Re: List of the best fonts for programming with comparative screenshots.
#4Ugh, the anti-aliasing kills most of them for me. I realize I'm probably in the minority, and my opinion might change as screen resolutions get better and my eyes get worse, but I vastly prefer crisp fonts for screen use.
When I switched from Windows 2000 to Ubuntu 6, I spent hours tweaking fonts.conf in the hope of getting something that looked as good as the standard Windows fonts, without much success. It's gotten easier now.