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  • G Graham Bradshaw

    Wingdings. I find it makes the code much easier to understand.

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    Maximilien
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    if I was a better touch-typist, I could make fun of my co-worker when thet come-in and work with me by switching to wingdings and type the code like that.

    Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

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    • O Orcrist

      Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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      John Fisher
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      Verdana, 10pt. (No, it's not fixed width.) I have been using it for several months now. It is much more readable than a fixed-width font (particularly as it relates to speed). Unless I'm using code that really requires things to line up (which doesn't seem to happen), I never think twice about replacing a fixed-width font with a font designed for easy, fast reading. John
      "You said a whole sentence with no words in it, and I understood you!" -- my wife as she cries about slowly becoming a geek.

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      • O Orcrist

        Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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        Dario Solera
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        MS Reference Sans Serif. Can't use other fonts... ___________________________________ Tozzi is right: Gaia is getting rid of us. My Blog [ITA]

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        • O Orcrist

          Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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          Chris Meech
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          Fonts?? :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: Geez, I just hold the cards up to a light and read the code through the holes. Been doing that for years. Do fonts make it easier? :confused: Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When I want privacy, I'll close the bathroom door. [Stan Shannon] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]

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          • N Nish Nishant

            Come on, Bassam , admit it, we all know you weren't joking when you said you use script fonts :rolleyes: Regards, Nish

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            -- modified at 13:55 Wednesday 25th January, 2006

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            Bassam Abdul Baki
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            You can't prove anything. :-D "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math

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            • O Orcrist

              Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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              James Gupta
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              I just like using Verdana :)

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              • O Orcrist

                Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                Michael Dunn
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                Courier New 12 pt. On my 19x12 monitor, with the way I have the IDE windows set up, that gives me about 140 cols of text. I also set the colors to be white text on black, I find that infinitely easier to read than black-on-white. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

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                • G Graham Bradshaw

                  Wingdings. I find it makes the code much easier to understand.

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                  Bassam Abdul Baki
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                  1, 2, or 3? :) I'm actually a webding fan myself. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math

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                  • O Orcrist

                    Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                    Jon Gohr
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                    Profont ... been using it for years and love it. http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/[^]

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                    • O Orcrist

                      Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                      David Stone
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                      Consolas. It's one of the new Vista fonts. Very cool stuff.
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                      • O Orcrist

                        Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                        Member 96
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                        Orcrist wrote:

                        every 6 months I get a whim to change the fo

                        And every 6 months someone asks the same question. :)

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                        • O Orcrist

                          Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                          Levi Rosol
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                          wow... this is the first time i've ever looked at lucidia console. I can actually go down to a 7pt font with that. I generally use either Verdana or Trebuchet MS at 8pt. I also have enabled the ClearView power toy from MS. Levi Rosol Blog By Levi[^]

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                          • O Orcrist

                            Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                            Nitron
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                            BSU Kermit Best code font ever, period. ;) ~Nitron.

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                              Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                              Joel Lucsy
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                              Currently Consolas, but used to use one called "Arial Monospaced". I used to have everything in Arial, but came across the new ones for Vista and I'm completely sold. Segoe UI for everthing that doesn't want a monospaced font, Consolas otherwise. I've found Consolas very readable for characters that are similar, 0's have a slash, o's dont. 1's and l' are easily indentified, and lowercase letters are larger than normal for readibility, but are distinct from uppercase.

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                              • M Michael P Butler

                                Lucida Console for me, usually at 10pt but often increased to 14pt depending on what I'm doing with the code. I prefer to review code in a larger font as I find the mistakes stick out better. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

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                                Curtis Schlak
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                                I, too, have the same predilection for the font settings in every configurable text editor that I have. "we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems." -deKorvin on uncertainty

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                                • O Orcrist

                                  Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                                  Bruce Duncan
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                                  I've been using DejaVu Sans Mono 10pt for a while and quite like it.

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                                  • O Orcrist

                                    Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                                    AETaylor
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                                    I got into the habit of using the Raize[^] font in my Delphi days, and still use it in VS.

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                                    • O Orcrist

                                      Just an informal poll on the VS code editor fonts... Do you use the default Courier New font for the code editing window or do you use a different font? What font and size do you use (fixed font, serif, sans serif)? Do you find the font makes a big difference when viewing the code window all day? Just curious because every 6 months I get a whim to change the font and after spending a half hour flipping through various fonts I usually come back to Lucidia Console or Courier New. David

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                                      S Douglas
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                                      Defualt, what ever it is. I do make sure to add the UserType.dat file though. I like the extra santax highlighting that it provides. I also change it so all strings are in red.

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                                      • C Chris Meech

                                        Fonts?? :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: Geez, I just hold the cards up to a light and read the code through the holes. Been doing that for years. Do fonts make it easier? :confused: Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When I want privacy, I'll close the bathroom door. [Stan Shannon] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]

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                                        cmk
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                                        He must be using mark-sense cards ... but he shouldn't be writing text on them ... damn nubies. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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