Ask HN: What is the best font for development in Eclipse IDE?

#1

Post by gopalanj » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 6:58 PM UTC

What is the best font for development in Eclipse IDE, which is visually appealing, easy for eyes when we stare at code for long time.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best font for development in Eclipse IDE?

#2

Post by wyuenho » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 7:06 PM UTC

This depends on your OS a bit but I use Dejavu Sans Mono at 11pt on the Mac.

#3

Post by ExpiredLink » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 9:37 PM UTC

Consolas

#4

Post by rochoa » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 11:16 PM UTC

ExpiredLink wrote: post #3

Consolas

#5

Post by gopalanj » Sun, Feb 19, 2012, 3:32 AM UTC

rochoa wrote: post #4

ExpiredLink wrote: post #3

Consolas

inconsolata is a good alternative: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

Thank you rochoa. Inconsolata is good. Btw, to answer other comment am using OS X 10.6