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Programming Fonts: what do you look for? (54 messages)
- Posted by: Joseph Ottinger
- Posted on: March 04 2008 09:25 EST
One of the first things a lot of programmers do when creating creating a new Eclipse workspace, or installing a new IDE, is assign fonts. What criteria do you look for in your fonts? What size do you prefer, and what font do you actually use? (In the interest of openness: I use Lucida Console 8 more often than any other, although I'm trying out Monte Carlo at present. The strokes aren't bold enough for my happiness yet, but it's growing on me, like a fungus.)Threaded Messages (54)
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Roy Russo on March 04 2008 09:50 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Bradley Smith on March 04 2008 11:24 EST
- Fixedsys by Peter Monks on March 04 2008 11:27 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Eric Jain on March 04 2008 20:59 EST
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Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Magnus Heino on March 05 2008 12:58 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by YOYO XXX on March 05 2008 06:06 EST
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Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Magnus Heino on March 05 2008 12:58 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Shay Banon on March 04 2008 09:52 EST
- Coding Horror Writeup by Tim Howland on March 04 2008 10:05 EST
- Consolas... by michael campbell on March 04 2008 11:06 EST
- Re: Consolas... by Jona Sanoj on March 04 2008 11:28 EST
- Re: Consolas... by Casual Visitor on March 04 2008 05:24 EST
- Consolas... by michael campbell on March 04 2008 11:06 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Yuri Vrancken on March 04 2008 10:55 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Jan de Jonge on March 06 2008 10:16 EST
- Why monospaced? by Thomas Mueller on March 04 2008 11:48 EST
- Re: Why monospaced? by David Rosenstrauch on March 04 2008 11:59 EST
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Re: Why monospace fonts? by Thomas Mueller on March 06 2008 07:38 EST
- Consolas No working for a Non-VS man by Rick Guo on March 06 2008 08:48 EST
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Re: Why monospace fonts? by Thomas Mueller on March 06 2008 07:38 EST
- Re: Why monospaced? by David Rosenstrauch on March 04 2008 11:59 EST
- Dina coding font! by Dmitry Vyazelenko on March 04 2008 12:03 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by David Rosenstrauch on March 04 2008 12:04 EST
- Which keyboard do you prefer? by Benz Town Citizen on March 04 2008 13:57 EST
- Re: Which ballpoint pen do you prefer? by Persistability Ltd on March 04 2008 14:09 EST
- Re: Which ballpoint pen do you prefer? by Benz Town Citizen on March 04 2008 02:35 EST
- Re: Which ballpoint pen do you prefer? by Persistability Ltd on March 04 2008 14:09 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by James Watson on March 04 2008 14:08 EST
- Bitstream Vera by John Hurst on March 04 2008 16:41 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Marc Stock on March 04 2008 16:48 EST
- No Visual Studio required by Simon Jones on March 04 2008 17:00 EST
- Re: No Visual Studio required by YOYO XXX on March 04 2008 05:28 EST
- consolas by Rusty Wright on March 04 2008 07:45 EST
- No Visual Studio required by Simon Jones on March 04 2008 17:00 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Jan Vissers on March 04 2008 17:23 EST
- #1 Wish for Eclipse: mouse wheel font resize !!! by Giovanni Pelosi on March 04 2008 18:20 EST
- Default one: Courier New-10 by Ruslan Zenin on March 04 2008 18:31 EST
- Re: Default one: Courier New-10 by Giovanni Pelosi on March 04 2008 19:32 EST
- Re: Default one: Courier New-10 by Ruslan Zenin on March 05 2008 08:48 EST
- Re: Default one: Courier New-10 by Giovanni Pelosi on March 04 2008 19:32 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by null on March 04 2008 20:01 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Cameron Purdy on March 04 2008 20:12 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Jan Vissers on March 05 2008 01:26 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Ruslan Zenin on March 07 2008 08:53 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Ivo Limmen on March 05 2008 02:05 EST
- Terminus by Saqib Rasul on March 05 2008 05:18 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Michael Krumlauf on March 05 2008 08:04 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Rafael Naufal on March 05 2008 14:42 EST
- 'Anonymous' by Henri Karapuu on March 05 2008 10:29 EST
- Re: 'Anonymous' by Joseph Ottinger on March 05 2008 10:36 EST
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Re: 'Anonymous' by Henri Karapuu on March 05 2008 10:52 EST
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Re: 'Anonymous' by Joseph Ottinger on March 05 2008 11:36 EST
- Re: 'Anonymous' by Henri Karapuu on March 05 2008 11:51 EST
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Re: 'Anonymous' by Joseph Ottinger on March 05 2008 11:36 EST
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Re: 'Anonymous' by Henri Karapuu on March 05 2008 10:52 EST
- Re: 'Anonymous' by James Watson on March 05 2008 12:51 EST
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Re: 'Anonymous' by James Watson on March 05 2008 01:12 EST
- Re: 'Anonymous' by James Watson on March 05 2008 01:33 EST
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Re: 'Anonymous' by James Watson on March 05 2008 01:12 EST
- Re: 'Anonymous' by Joseph Ottinger on March 05 2008 10:36 EST
- Bobco is easy on the third eye by Kenneth Collins on March 05 2008 17:40 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Mark N on March 05 2008 17:45 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by Krzysztof Krason on March 07 2008 09:31 EST
- Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for? by James Watson on March 07 2008 14:31 EST
- ProFont by Christopher Bartley on March 11 2008 16:40 EDT
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Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Roy Russo
- Posted on: March 04 2008 09:50 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Comic Sans, 32pt, red. Makes my eyes bleed, but I figure its no worse than reading the ridiculous Ottingerisms on here, right? ;-) Roy Russo http://www.loopfuse.com -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Bradley Smith
- Posted on: March 04 2008 11:24 EST
- in response to Roy Russo
Comic Sans, 32pt, red.
LOL! I prefer Webdings for javascript and Wingdings 3 for Java - both in light yellow on a white background.
Makes my eyes bleed, but I figure its no worse than reading the ridiculous Ottingerisms on here, right? ;-)
Roy Russo
http://www.loopfuse.com -
Fixedsys[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Peter Monks
- Posted on: March 04 2008 11:27 EST
- in response to Roy Russo
Fixedsys all the way baby. And with FixedsysTTF (http://fixedsys.moviecorner.de/?l=1), I can even use it in Swing apps! ;-) -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Eric Jain
- Posted on: March 04 2008 20:59 EST
- in response to Roy Russo
Andale Mono is another font to consider: It's a bit wider than Consolas, and the bold version is a bit less pronounced. Note that a font that looks great on one screen may look unreadable on another screen (with different font sizes, aliasing settings etc). -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Magnus Heino
- Posted on: March 05 2008 00:58 EST
- in response to Eric Jain
I must say that Consolas looks like crap on my 1920x1600 windows screen. I can't understand how any of you can use it, really. It doesn't look like the sample here at all, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolas Will widescreen make a difference how fonts are rendered or what? -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: YOYO XXX
- Posted on: March 05 2008 06:06 EST
- in response to Magnus Heino
I must say that Consolas looks like crap on my 1920x1600 windows screen
Have you enabled antialiasing ? I did in IDEA and now the font looks quite nice, indeed. -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Shay Banon
- Posted on: March 04 2008 09:52 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I use Monaco on the Mac. Note, IntelliJ does not default to it, so this is usually the first thing I change. -
Coding Horror Writeup[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Tim Howland
- Posted on: March 04 2008 10:05 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Jeff Atwood has a pretty good writeup here: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000157.html and here: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000157.html I've switched to Consolas on my vista box and am pretty happy with it. YMMV. -
Consolas...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: michael campbell
- Posted on: March 04 2008 11:06 EST
- in response to Tim Howland
Am also using Consolas on Windows, which I'm in love with right now. Moved from Andale Mono, which is also very, very clean and nice. I will probably try Incosolata (http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html) if he ever releases the silly thing. Way back when, when I did a little MacHacking, it was Monaco. -
Re: Consolas...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jona Sanoj
- Posted on: March 04 2008 11:28 EST
- in response to michael campbell
Yes, Consolas is very good. I use it on XP, too. -
Re: Consolas...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Casual Visitor
- Posted on: March 04 2008 17:24 EST
- in response to michael campbell
+1 for Consolas Download Microsoft Consolas Font For Free: http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/02/07/download-microsoft-consolas-font-for-free/ -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Yuri Vrancken
- Posted on: March 04 2008 10:55 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Verdana 8pt in eclipse. Regards, Yuri Vrancken -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jan de Jonge
- Posted on: March 06 2008 10:16 EST
- in response to Yuri Vrancken
Verdana 8pt in eclipse.
I use Verdana 0.5pt in eclipse. Jan
Regards, Yuri Vrancken -
Why monospaced?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Thomas Mueller
- Posted on: March 04 2008 11:48 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Why do people still use a monospaced font? What is the advantage? ASCII art? I use Tahoma Regular 10 (Windows XP). -
Re: Why monospaced?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: David Rosenstrauch
- Posted on: March 04 2008 11:59 EST
- in response to Thomas Mueller
Pretty obvious, I thought: With monospaced fonts, your space/tab indentations line up properly. -
Re: Why monospace fonts?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Thomas Mueller
- Posted on: March 06 2008 07:38 EST
- in response to David Rosenstrauch
The indentation at the beginning of the line is the same with proportional fonts. The only difference is indentation of lists, but that's disabled in most coding styles. And tables in Javadoc should be written in HTML. So, I don't see any advantage of monospace fonts for source code, sorry. -
Consolas No working for a Non-VS man[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Rick Guo
- Posted on: March 06 2008 08:48 EST
- in response to Thomas Mueller
I download the Consolas from MS. And find It NEED VS2005 installed. So I think it is not for me - A java man ^_^ -
Dina coding font![ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Dmitry Vyazelenko
- Posted on: March 04 2008 12:03 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I prefer Dina with 8pt in Eclipse (Windows XP). -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: David Rosenstrauch
- Posted on: March 04 2008 12:04 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Well, I tend to use a pretty big font (small fonts give me a headache) so that often rules out a couple of popular programming font families that only come in size 8. Frankly, for Eclipse I currently just use monospace Fixed, size 14 (on Linux). It's crisp and clear and seems to do the job fine. (I'm not that picky about the actual font style beyond monospace and size.) I choose similarly in my consoles/shells: Fixed Misc, but size 12 this time. (I can't stomach the smaller font for console output.) FYI - a lot of people swear by proggyfont - you might want to check it out. -
Which keyboard do you prefer?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Benz Town Citizen
- Posted on: March 04 2008 13:57 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I use Monospaced 12pt. BTW: Best keyboard is the Microsoft Keyboard 2000. Which keyboard do you prefer? -
Re: Which ballpoint pen do you prefer?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Persistability Ltd
- Posted on: March 04 2008 14:09 EST
- in response to Benz Town Citizen
Which keyboard do you prefer?
FFS. What about pen ? Or color of PostIt note ? Sad -
Re: Which ballpoint pen do you prefer?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Benz Town Citizen
- Posted on: March 04 2008 14:35 EST
- in response to Persistability Ltd
Rotring Expandable Pen; yellow.Which keyboard do you prefer?
FFS. What about pen ? Or color of PostIt note ?
Sad -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: James Watson
- Posted on: March 04 2008 14:08 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Monospaced. All characters are unique i.e. 1lI are all distinct. -
Bitstream Vera[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: John Hurst
- Posted on: March 04 2008 16:41 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I've been using Bitstream Vera on Windows and Linux for several years. (http://www.gnome.org/fonts/) I was under the impression that Consolas is only available if you buy certain MS development products, so I've never seen it. Regards John Hurst Wellington, New Zealand -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Marc Stock
- Posted on: March 04 2008 16:48 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I've always been a Lucida Sans Typewriter man myself but I'd like to give Consolas a try although it looks like you have to have a license for Visual Studio (which I wouldn't buy under gunpoint). -
No Visual Studio required[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Simon Jones
- Posted on: March 04 2008 17:00 EST
- in response to Marc Stock
Nope. Pretty sure you don't need Visual Studio. Downloaded it myself a while ago and not looked back; used to be a Lucida Console man until then. Try this: Microsoft website Consolas download -
Re: No Visual Studio required[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: YOYO XXX
- Posted on: March 04 2008 17:28 EST
- in response to Simon Jones
I just setup Consolas font in IDEA and... I think it looks very ugly. Maybe it takes some time to get used to it. But in my opinion the default font (Monospaced) is the best. -
consolas[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Rusty Wright
- Posted on: March 04 2008 19:45 EST
- in response to Simon Jones
Nope. Pretty sure you don't need Visual Studio. Downloaded it myself a while ago and not looked back; used to be a Lucida Console man until then. Try this: Microsoft website Consolas download
It says right on that page "This package is only intended for licensed users of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005." The legit way I heard to get Consolas is to install the latest Power Point viewer. Some web page had some song and dance procedure you could do to get Consolas working on Linux and pointed people at Power Point viewer. -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jan Vissers
- Posted on: March 04 2008 17:23 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I'm a sucker for coding fonts (as well) Have been using 'Consolas' for quite a while though, coming from Vera Sans. -
#1 Wish for Eclipse: mouse wheel font resize !!![ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Giovanni Pelosi
- Posted on: March 04 2008 18:20 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
i need this feature ... i want to zoom the whole class or, late at night, focus just on a single if ... Scintilla editors (scite, notepad++, notepad2, etc, etc ) zoom code very smootly: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html #2 in my personal wishlist is dynamic (per window) editor color theme selection. in emacs, i can select quickly (2 keys), the best coding colors, depending on my humor. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~maverick/GNUEmacsColorThemeTest/index-java.html ... about fonts, my eclipse default is Lucida Sans Unicode (10 pt) with default colors, good alternatives are Myriad Pro Semibold Condensed 14 or Tw Cen MT Condensed 22 pt, but only with a dark background. -
Default one: Courier New-10[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ruslan Zenin
- Posted on: March 04 2008 18:31 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I always used default one: Courier New-10 and it looks fine. When I tried to change font to the other ones mentioned here...it looks weird... I guess I got used to it...oh well... -
Re: Default one: Courier New-10[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Giovanni Pelosi
- Posted on: March 04 2008 19:32 EST
- in response to Ruslan Zenin
Java (JVM) font rendering has always been a pain ... (j6 promised a lot but fonts are still not good enough for non swt java editors). In any case, the only ttf fonts distributed with jre are the famous "lucida" series. Lucida Sans Typewriter 9pt is a natural choice. (it is narrower than Courier, so more code fits in your monitor, but it is a matter of taste). -
Re: Default one: Courier New-10[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ruslan Zenin
- Posted on: March 05 2008 08:48 EST
- in response to Giovanni Pelosi
Lucida Sans Typewriter 9pt is a natural choice.
That is the problem in my case, I do not need narrower font. I use wide monitor... so that I see my 110 chars per line just fine and without eye pain.
(it is narrower than Courier, so more code fits in your monitor, but it is a matter of taste). -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: null
- Posted on: March 04 2008 20:01 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Font:Courier New Size:9 Background Color: black -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Cameron Purdy
- Posted on: March 04 2008 20:12 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I code in Wingdings .. Peace, Cameron Purdy Oracle Coherence: Data Grid for Java and .NET -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jan Vissers
- Posted on: March 05 2008 01:26 EST
- in response to Cameron Purdy
I code in Wingdings ..
I can imagine now that your working for Oracle. ... you don't need to code anyway, right? Everything is done with wizards ;-) -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ruslan Zenin
- Posted on: March 07 2008 08:53 EST
- in response to Cameron Purdy
I code in Wingdings
What? Did you become a manager? What happens to the world? :) -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ivo Limmen
- Posted on: March 05 2008 02:05 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I currenly use the Proggy Clean and it is quite nice to use. I also use it under Linux. -
Terminus[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Saqib Rasul
- Posted on: March 05 2008 05:18 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
under linux i am using Terminus for _everything_ -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Michael Krumlauf
- Posted on: March 05 2008 08:04 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I use Eclipse and previously preferred Lucida Console, but since Consolas became available I have used it and find it to be superior. I also change the background color to a light grey and enable all the "advanced" syntax coloring in Eclipse, and find it very effective. -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Rafael Naufal
- Posted on: March 05 2008 14:42 EST
- in response to Michael Krumlauf
Every time I set up mu Eclipse IDE, the first thing I do is to change my background color to gray, my current line highlight to white and the matching bracket highlights to yellow. Later, I set up my Java Editor Text Font to Courier New, 8pt, Normal. It's my preferred one when I'm coding. -
'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Henri Karapuu
- Posted on: March 05 2008 10:29 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I'v tried all the normal choices presented in this thread, but recently stumbled upon an unknown hero, a font called 'Anonymous'. It's a monospaced font, very light and readable, and significantly different than the rest. I don't have a link right now, but it's free and well worth bit of googling. /Henri Karapuu -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Joseph Ottinger
- Posted on: March 05 2008 10:36 EST
- in response to Henri Karapuu
I'v tried all the normal choices presented in this thread, but recently stumbled upon an unknown hero, a font called 'Anonymous'. It's a monospaced font, very light and readable, and significantly different than the rest. I don't have a link right now, but it's free and well worth bit of googling.
I can't begin to tell you how much I worried about googling for "anonymous" but: http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymous.html
/Henri Karapuu -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Henri Karapuu
- Posted on: March 05 2008 10:52 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
I can't begin to tell you how much I worried about googling for "anonymous" but:
Yep, thats the right one. I almost awarded you 2nd level Certificate of Proficient Search Engine Use, but then i tested that the link came as the first result with rather creative keywords "font anonymous" :) Sorry, no certificate today, i hope you'll survive :) Font size 12 with anti-aliasing. I swear to god it reduces head-ache after long day of coding. /Henri Karapuu
http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymous.html -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Joseph Ottinger
- Posted on: March 05 2008 11:36 EST
- in response to Henri Karapuu
Aw, darn it. Well, what can I say - you gave me very little to work with, and it's not a font I'm familiar with. *shrug* Gave it a shot.I can't begin to tell you how much I worried about googling for "anonymous" but:
http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymous.html
Yep, thats the right one.
I almost awarded you 2nd level Certificate of Proficient Search Engine Use, but then i tested that the link came as the first result with rather creative keywords "font anonymous" :) Sorry, no certificate today, i hope you'll survive :)
Font size 12 with anti-aliasing.
I swear to god it reduces head-ache after long day of coding.
/Henri Karapuu -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Henri Karapuu
- Posted on: March 05 2008 11:51 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
Aw, darn it. Well, what can I say - you gave me very little to work with, and it's not a font I'm familiar with. *shrug*
Heh okey, if you want a more difficult challenge, try to find bold version of that font. I failed on that task. And IDEA (unlike eclipse) does not support 'faking' bold font variants, afaik. /Henkka Karapuu -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: James Watson
- Posted on: March 05 2008 12:51 EST
- in response to Henri Karapuu
I'v tried all the normal choices presented in this thread, but recently stumbled upon an unknown hero, a font called 'Anonymous'. It's a monospaced font, very light and readable, and significantly different than the rest. I don't have a link right now, but it's free and well worth bit of googling.
I'm giving it a shot now. I found light-colored syntax highlighting was not readable in that font. I've adjusted the tone of the offending colors and it's fine.
/Henri Karapuu -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: James Watson
- Posted on: March 05 2008 13:12 EST
- in response to James Watson
Actually this appears to be some sort of rendering problem in Eclipse. When I scroll really fast, text in certain colors looks ghostly. When I scroll more slowly, everything looks fine. The curly brackets are going to take a little getting used to. They look stretched-out to me but I suppose it's good that they look very dissimilar to parenthesis.I'v tried all the normal choices presented in this thread, but recently stumbled upon an unknown hero, a font called 'Anonymous'. It's a monospaced font, very light and readable, and significantly different than the rest. I don't have a link right now, but it's free and well worth bit of googling.
/Henri Karapuu
I'm giving it a shot now. I found light-colored syntax highlighting was not readable in that font. I've adjusted the tone of the offending colors and it's fine. -
Re: 'Anonymous'[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: James Watson
- Posted on: March 05 2008 13:33 EST
- in response to James Watson
Actually this appears to be some sort of rendering problem in Eclipse. When I scroll really fast, text in certain colors looks ghostly.
Forcing Eclipse to use a 1.6 JRE resolved this. -
Bobco is easy on the third eye[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Kenneth Collins
- Posted on: March 05 2008 17:40 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
http://www.subgenius.com/SUBFONTS/BOBCO.zip I use it with a pink background. -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Mark N
- Posted on: March 05 2008 17:45 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
You can change the font? :) Actually i use this neat font that changes the language for each word. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Pig latin, Elmer Fuddisms, ... -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Krzysztof Krason
- Posted on: March 07 2008 09:31 EST
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
OMG, why are almost all of you using such small fonts? For me if a method doesn't fit in 100 lines it should be refactored into smaller ones. I use Terminus 14 (and I want something bigger but Terminus doesn't have 16, and the 18 is looks ugly) -
Re: Programming Fonts: what do you look for?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: James Watson
- Posted on: March 07 2008 14:31 EST
- in response to Krzysztof Krason
OMG, why are almost all of you using such small fonts?
A lot of this depends on the size and resolution of the monitor. Most 10pt fonts are quite large enough for me on my 19 inch monitor at 1280 X 1024. I actually find larger fonts can make source code harder to read.
For me if a method doesn't fit in 100 lines it should be refactored into smaller ones.
I use Terminus 14 (and I want something bigger but Terminus doesn't have 16, and the 18 is looks ugly) -
ProFont[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Christopher Bartley
- Posted on: March 11 2008 16:40 EDT
- in response to Joseph Ottinger
ProFont has been my favorite for years: http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/