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Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by orillian » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:07 AM UTC

laymil wrote: post #3

There was a good write up on HN a while back about this font, including a republished version called Nameless Amateur which fixes the positioning of the forward slash. See http://1overn.com/2011/02/02/tweaking-my-favorite-programmin...

Definitely fixed. Was fixed quite a while back as I've never experienced this and I've been using this font for 2 years now.

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by noisy_boy » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:14 AM UTC

This is the first time I've come across this font. Tried it and I really like it; it comes across as clear/sharp without sacrificing the smoothness (this is based on what I can see on Win 7 with Putty and ClearType enabled). I think I'll continue to use it.

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by piratebroadcast » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:16 AM UTC

Ive tried installing it in Sublime with no luck - See screenshot- Am I doing something wrong? http://imgur.com/NUaNjWO

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by tuananh » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:20 AM UTC

piratebroadcast wrote: post #13

Ive tried installing it in Sublime with no luck - See screenshot- Am I doing something wrong? http://imgur.com/NUaNjWO

use this

    "font_face": "My Awesome Font Name"

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by tuananh » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:26 AM UTC

ljoshua wrote: post #6

I really like Anonymous Pro and use it most of the time on my OS X machines. When not using Anonymous Pro, I also really like Adobe's Source Code Pro (free, and even on GitHub): http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.... https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro And on Windows? Either Anonymous Pro or Consolas. Having nice fonts for coding just feels so good. :)

I really like the Light variant of Source Code Pro.

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by sliverstorm » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:40 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #7

Here's a good comparison (and vote) of programming fonts: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming... Most popular: Source Code Pro http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.... Monaco, my favorite, comes at #3.

I take this as confirmation of my choice- Consolas. 2nd favorite by a close margin, and it's usually already installed!

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by okonomiyaki3000 » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 4:52 AM UTC

This is a super excellent font. It was my font of choice for years and years. I've only recently switched to Meslo (https://github.com/andreberg/Meslo-Font) but more for the sake of change than any complaint about Anonymous Pro.

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by INTPenis » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 5:01 AM UTC

noisy_boy wrote: post #12

This is the first time I've come across this font. Tried it and I really like it; it comes across as clear/sharp without sacrificing the smoothness (this is based on what I can see on Win 7 with Putty and ClearType enabled). I think I'll continue to use it.

Try Inconsolata. I actually think Inconsolata somehow looks better in Putty on Win7 than on Mac OS in iTerm2.

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by b3b0p » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 5:15 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #7

Here's a good comparison (and vote) of programming fonts: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming... Most popular: Source Code Pro http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.... Monaco, my favorite, comes at #3.

I like Source Code Pro, but it lacks italics. That's really the only downside to me.

I love Monaco also, but only unaliased at about 10pt. Otherwise, I use Menlo or DejaVu Sans Mono usually.

I've known about Anonymous Pro, but have not given it much usage yet to decide if I like it more than others.

Re: Anonymous Pro – a fixed-width font designed for coders

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Post by platz » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 5:20 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #7

Here's a good comparison (and vote) of programming fonts: http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming... Most popular: Source Code Pro http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.... Monaco, my favorite, comes at #3.

Monaco is my favorite as well. Actually I think it's slightly less readable then bitstream vera or consolas, but Monaco has some kind of angular personality to it that makes more emotionally satisfying to read and program in, than the others