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  • D Dario Solera

    Mircea Grelus wrote:

    Have you tried Consolas with Clear Type enabled?

    Yes, but I use a CRT monitor.

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    Mircea Grelus
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    Ahhh, now that's why it's nasty. I'm sure you'll love it on a TFT.

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      Ahhh, now that's why it's nasty. I'm sure you'll love it on a TFT.

      regards, Mircea Many people spend their life going to sleep when they’re not sleepy and waking up while they still are.

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      Dario Solera
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      Mircea Grelus wrote:

      Ahhh, now that's why it's nasty

      Well, actually I don't think it's a nasty font. The fact is that I don't like monospaced fonts in general...

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        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

        You use that for programming...?

        Of course. Why not?

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        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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        Proportional fonts doesn't provide the same visual cues as a non-proportional font does. Lines of the same number of characters does not have the same visual lengths...

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        • D Dario Solera

          Mircea Grelus wrote:

          Ahhh, now that's why it's nasty

          Well, actually I don't think it's a nasty font. The fact is that I don't like monospaced fonts in general...

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          Super Lloyd
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          I think monospaced font provide a better development experience. It enable to visually grasp the nesting level of all your code block instantly!

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          • M Mircea Grelus

            Dario Solera wrote:

            I really dislike Consolas.

            Have you tried Consolas with Clear Type enabled? That what my first reaction too when I tried Consolas: Huh? Now who the hell writes code using this crap?!. Then I found out it is supposed to be used with Clear Type enabled. Of course this means it's kinda build for the TFT monitors. Using a CRT for Clear Type sucks, and Consolas definitely looks nasty.

            regards, Mircea Many people spend their life going to sleep when they’re not sleepy and waking up while they still are.

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            peterchen
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            ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor, I don't know why. I tried anyway, but what looks bad looks bad.


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            • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

              I like this[^] one. These[^] are nice too, but only if you dig small fonts. :)

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              peterchen
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              Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

              These[^] are nice too, but only if you dig small fonts.

              ProggyClean Slashed Zero it is :)


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              • P peterchen

                ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor, I don't know why. I tried anyway, but what looks bad looks bad.


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                Mircea Grelus
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                peterchen wrote:

                ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor

                Well that's because the different technologies of manufacturing TFT. But there's a solution. It's called Clear Type Tunner. Just go to this page[^] and download it. It will let you customize the settings for Clear Type.

                regards, Mircea Many people spend their life going to sleep when they’re not sleepy and waking up while they still are.

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                • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                  Proportional fonts doesn't provide the same visual cues as a non-proportional font does. Lines of the same number of characters does not have the same visual lengths...

                  -- Fun for the whole family - except grandma and grandpa

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                  Dario Solera
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                  Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                  Lines of the same number of characters does not have the same visual lengths

                  Yes. And then?

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                  • D Dario Solera

                    Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                    Lines of the same number of characters does not have the same visual lengths

                    Yes. And then?

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                    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                    I'm my opinion, it's easier to spot syntax errors if I have those visual cues.

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                    • P peterchen

                      ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor, I don't know why. I tried anyway, but what looks bad looks bad.


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                      Jeremy Falcon
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                      peterchen wrote:

                      ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor, I don't know why. I tried anyway, but what looks bad looks bad.

                      It's just another example of MS copying off of Apple, but they did a lousy job with it. And yeah, I had to. :-D

                      Jeremy Falcon

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                      • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                        I'm my opinion, it's easier to spot syntax errors if I have those visual cues.

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                        Dario Solera
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                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                        I'm my opinion, it's easier to spot syntax errors if I have those visual cues.

                        It's all a matter of habits and preferences. I like to have a more readable font, especially at small sizes. I'm used to MS Reference Sans Serif 8pt and I like it. :)

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                        • P peterchen

                          (I've lost the name of the one I was using... so looking for new suggestions). So waht you are using? Courier is ugly because of )} and 1l FixedSys wakes memories, but it's to fattish. Comic Sans MS is out for purely discriminative reasons.


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                          courier new 10

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                          • M Mircea Grelus

                            peterchen wrote:

                            ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor

                            Well that's because the different technologies of manufacturing TFT. But there's a solution. It's called Clear Type Tunner. Just go to this page[^] and download it. It will let you customize the settings for Clear Type.

                            regards, Mircea Many people spend their life going to sleep when they’re not sleepy and waking up while they still are.

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                            peterchen
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                            Thanks, after downloading I found out I already have it installed :) setting to "lightest", makes some fonts OK, but others still remain washed out. I guess I'll have to stay with the pixel fest.


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                              (I've lost the name of the one I was using... so looking for new suggestions). So waht you are using? Courier is ugly because of )} and 1l FixedSys wakes memories, but it's to fattish. Comic Sans MS is out for purely discriminative reasons.


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                              Jeremy Falcon
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                              I'm still using Courrier New. I switched over to Fixedsys mainly because my monitor is going bad and is getting blurry as hell. I'm still on CRTs btw.

                              Jeremy Falcon

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                              • C Colin Angus Mackay

                                Consolas[^]


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                                Anton Afanasyev
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                                thats what i use too. i think its good. the only problem i have is when i connect to my work machine through remote desktop - the ClearType doesnt get transferred and the font looks like s**t:^). otherwise its good IMO.

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                                • J Jeremy Falcon

                                  peterchen wrote:

                                  ClearType looks like crap on my (TFT!) monitor, I don't know why. I tried anyway, but what looks bad looks bad.

                                  It's just another example of MS copying off of Apple, but they did a lousy job with it. And yeah, I had to. :-D

                                  Jeremy Falcon

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                                  Anton Afanasyev
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                                  :laugh:

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                                  • P peterchen

                                    (I've lost the name of the one I was using... so looking for new suggestions). So waht you are using? Courier is ugly because of )} and 1l FixedSys wakes memories, but it's to fattish. Comic Sans MS is out for purely discriminative reasons.


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                                    Paul Conrad
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                                    I use Terminal.

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                                    • P peterchen

                                      Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                                      These[^] are nice too, but only if you dig small fonts.

                                      ProggyClean Slashed Zero it is :)


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                                      PJ Arends
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                                      I use ProggyTinyTTSZ (True Type, Slashed Zero) at size 11.


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                                      • P peterchen

                                        (I've lost the name of the one I was using... so looking for new suggestions). So waht you are using? Courier is ugly because of )} and 1l FixedSys wakes memories, but it's to fattish. Comic Sans MS is out for purely discriminative reasons.


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                                        Tree in C# || Fold With Us! || sighist

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                                        Lost User
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                                        I stopped using fonts a few months ago - I now program by sense of smell.

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                                          I'm still using Courrier New. I switched over to Fixedsys mainly because my monitor is going bad and is getting blurry as hell. I'm still on CRTs btw.

                                          Jeremy Falcon

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                                          I'm now somehow relieved to know that somebody else besides me is using Fixedsys for coding...

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