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What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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  • N Nish Nishant

    Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

    Lucida Console 8pt

    8pt is too small for me - maybe the cold Toronto weather shrunk your fonts :-D

    Regards, Nish


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    Ravi Bhavnani
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    Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

    maybe the cold Toronto weather shrunk your fonts

    You think this is a Seinfeld episode? :) Actually I find Lucida Console 8pt to be ideal even at home (where I have a smaller monitor). I've always preferred a smaller font and consequently increased screen real-estate. Although I'd find anything less than 8pt hard to read. /ravi

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    • T Tom Welch

      It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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      Shog9 0
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      Heh, kidding, Consolas 11pt of course. :rolleyes:

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      • S stephen hazel

        DANG! I'd kill for a decent font... But this is a setup.exe for VS2005 only? Why can't they just let me download the font???:sigh: ClearType Font Collection Coming soon to a screen near you. Please bookmark this page for future information about the ClearType font collection. Last updated 4 October 2004. Argh!!! :mad:

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        Shog9 0
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        You can run the setup and then select it manually in VS6, if that's what you're using. But it looks terrible; VS6 doesn't render it properly at all. So yeah, i wouldn't bother.

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          Heh, kidding, Consolas 11pt of course. :rolleyes:

          ---- Do you see what i see? Why do we live like this? Is it because it's true... ...That ignorance is bliss?

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          VonHagNDaz
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          hey now, i do use Comic Sans... 10pt though

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          • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

            Consolas[^] 11pt

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            BRShroyer
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            I was using Anonymous @ 10pt. It took a while to find a decent mono-spaced font with slashed zeros. I've been converted to Consolas. Thanks

            Brad The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. - Albert Einstein

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            • T Tom Welch

              It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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              Dragan Matic
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              Bitstream Vera Sans Mono - 11 pt. It is very similar to Consolas (actually I think I should say that Consolas is similar to BVSM), but I find it more readable.

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              • T Tom Welch

                It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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                Marc Clifton
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                :cool: Marc

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                • T Tom Welch

                  It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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                  El Corazon
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                  Tom Welch wrote:

                  What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

                  kids these days.... Back in the day....[^] seriously though... I adjust to what is comfortable for that monitor. So I have a different setup on 24"/30"/20"/19"/17" environments. When it is comfortable, I leave it. :)

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                    You can run the setup and then select it manually in VS6, if that's what you're using. But it looks terrible; VS6 doesn't render it properly at all. So yeah, i wouldn't bother.

                    ---- Do you see what i see? Why do we live like this? Is it because it's true... ...That ignorance is bliss?

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                    stephen hazel
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                    hmmm, i'm on vs2003 - wonder if that renders it ok? I go tools/options environments/fonts&colors and pick the font? I don't see "consolas" or whatever in the list... am i screwed on vs2003, too? thanks :-O ...Steve

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                      I was using Anonymous @ 10pt. It took a while to find a decent mono-spaced font with slashed zeros. I've been converted to Consolas. Thanks

                      Brad The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. - Albert Einstein

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                      stephen hazel
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                      i want slashed zeros and easily distiguishable lowercase L versus the number one... Anybody?

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                      • T Tom Welch

                        It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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                        Anton Afanasyev
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                        Proggy Tiny True Type. with slashed zero. but in only looks good in one size(forget which one. 12 i think). looks very small but very easy to read. cant rememebr the site, but a google search for "proggy fonts" will do it;)


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                        • S stephen hazel

                          hmmm, i'm on vs2003 - wonder if that renders it ok? I go tools/options environments/fonts&colors and pick the font? I don't see "consolas" or whatever in the list... am i screwed on vs2003, too? thanks :-O ...Steve

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                          David Stone
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                          No. Shouldn't be. Check that it installed properly. If not, then I'll put the ttf files up for you to download. Just keep it on the DL. ;)

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                          • T Tom Welch

                            It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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                            jhaga
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                            Tom Welch wrote:

                            What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

                            Default or Consolas 9pt with sligthly blue background. jhaga

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                            • R Ravi Bhavnani

                              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                              maybe the cold Toronto weather shrunk your fonts

                              You think this is a Seinfeld episode? :) Actually I find Lucida Console 8pt to be ideal even at home (where I have a smaller monitor). I've always preferred a smaller font and consequently increased screen real-estate. Although I'd find anything less than 8pt hard to read. /ravi

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                              Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                              Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                              You think this is a Seinfeld episode?

                              :laugh::laugh::laugh:

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                                No. Shouldn't be. Check that it installed properly. If not, then I'll put the ttf files up for you to download. Just keep it on the DL. ;)

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                                Zoltan Balazs
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                                Could you put up that file for the rest of us who is still using Vs2003? Just to try out :)

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                                  No. Shouldn't be. Check that it installed properly. If not, then I'll put the ttf files up for you to download. Just keep it on the DL. ;)

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                                  stephen hazel
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                                  Dang. That setup.exe is givin' me: The wizard was interrupted before the Consolas Font Family could be completely installed. Sheesh. The .TTF files would be cool :) It's not like I'm gonna go sell em or somethin' :rolleyes: ...Steve

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                                  • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                    Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                                    maybe the cold Toronto weather shrunk your fonts

                                    You think this is a Seinfeld episode? :) Actually I find Lucida Console 8pt to be ideal even at home (where I have a smaller monitor). I've always preferred a smaller font and consequently increased screen real-estate. Although I'd find anything less than 8pt hard to read. /ravi

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                                    Nish Nishant
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                                    Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                                    You think this is a Seinfeld episode?

                                    :laugh:

                                    Regards, Nish


                                    Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                    Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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                                    • T Tom Welch

                                      It occurred to me today that I am getting old. My eyes are tired after years of programming and half a dozen pair of increasingly thick eyeglasses. So, today I bumped up my font size in Visual Studio. After years of developing with the smallest font size capable of showing the difference between a parenthesis and a curly brace I have changed to 10pt Lucida Console. So it made me think to ask... What font and font size do you use in your IDE?

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                                      Ray Cassick
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                                      Wingdings :)


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                                      • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                        Consolas[^] 11pt

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                                          Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                          I like th eone which leppie uses too. He uses bitstream.

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