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Re: Input: Fonts for Code

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Post by fardoche »

minikomi wrote: post #37
eklavya wrote: post #2

Totally subjective opinion, but yet to see something beat Consolas.

I tried this DOS VGA font out just for fun and it kind of stuck... http://www.dafont.com/perfect-dos-vga-437.font Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/4iavF8A.png

Yes. Call me old fashioned but VGA remains my font of choice for coding, email, and general text editing. This is the one I use: http://www.inp.nsk.su/~bolkhov/files/fonts/univga/

Every year or so, I do the font dance and scour the web looking for clean bitmap fonts (I strongly dislike antialiased fonts, my opinion may change when I get a higher resolution screen) but always come back to uni_vga.

Re: Input: Fonts for Code

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Post by sanityinc »

swah wrote: post #28
sanityinc wrote: post #24

Just the Mono family alone is excellent. There are a number of different weights available, each with italic and bold variants, and the repertoire of glyphs is extensive. I enjoy condensed fonts like Pragmata Pro (which I highly recommend), and this appears to be one of the few viable alternatives I've seen. Merits a week-long test-drive, I think.

Actually, it looks a lot like PragmataPro: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7c5yifw5saip3ae/pragmata_vs_input....

Yes indeed, but with light and ultralight variants. A day later, and I'm still enjoying Input a lot.

Re: Input: Fonts for Code

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Post by AnonJ »

ayrx wrote: post #3
eklavya wrote: post #2

Totally subjective opinion, but yet to see something beat Consolas.

I actually prefer Ubuntu Mono over Consolas or Inconsolata but fonts are a very subjective thing. :)

Exactly. I love Ubuntu Mono and have settled on it after extensive search.
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