Geneva. I don't understand why programmers use monospace fonts, other than some kind of tradition.
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#22Courier New (Visual Studio). I keep trying other stuff, but they are a distraction. Courier New does not draw attention to itself, just seems to blend in, and the code communicates directly to you.
I'm a huge fan of Adobe's Source Code Pro, but you might wanna take a look at Courier Prime: http://quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/
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#23Inconsolata http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
Inconsolata here too, with vim and the MadeOfCode theme: http://madeofcode.com/posts/29-photo-my-new-textmate-theme-8...
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#24BPMono
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#25Inconsolata http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
If you program with Japanese comments, I really recommend Ricty.
It's a combination of Inconsolata for Latin characters and an IPA font variant called Migu 1M for Japanese characters in the same dimensions.
I've never seen it as a binary, so you have to run a script to build it yourself.
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#26Geneva. I don't understand why programmers use monospace fonts, other than some kind of tradition.
Alignment probably more than anything, though obviously the necessity for that depends on the language and style.
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#27I think the default fonts work great so I have never changed the font of the editor(s) I use. Am I weird?
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#28I am hugely anal about this topic and I've tried all fonts mentioned at the time of this post. In the end, Consolas has racked up the most miles during my coding and Proggy Tiny for the output console (allows you to fit quite a lot). Don't get me started on color theme.
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#29X11 10x20 since 1996
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#30My favorite is Source Code Pro by Adobe [1]. I use it on Mac OS X and Ubuntu. On Windows I have to use Consolas, because SCP does not render well in gVim for Windows (at least not on my system).
Note that Source Code Pro does not have an Italic typeface yet. Italics are commonly used for source code comments and most editors will automatically emulate the shapes, often with poor results. Active development is currently being done in this direction [2].
[1]. http://dwabyick.github.io/Source-Code-Pro
[2]. https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/issues/6