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

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  • S Shog9 0

    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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    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

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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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              • D David Stone

                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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                • D David Stone

                  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:

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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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                      • 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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                          • 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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                            David Patrick
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                            based on a similiar discussion a few months ago I've switched to Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. It's zero is a circle with a dot in the middle .. while not the same as a slash .. it still gets the point across. As far as the size goes, it depends how I'm feeling that day .. most of the time I run at 8pt but sometimes have to switch to 10. I have 3 buttons on my tool bar that map to macros that allow me to quickly switch between 8, 10 and 12 pt .. the 12 pt comes in handy when reviewing code with another person . The macros are all like : Sub LMSetFont_8() Dim props As EnvDTE.Properties props = DTE.Properties("FontsAndColors", "TextEditor") props.Item("FontSize").let_Value(8) End Sub
                            btw, thats for 2003 .. I havent switched to 2005 yet so dont know what, if any, changes are required for that IDE.

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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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                              Joe Woodbury
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                              Courier 10 (not Courier New) I've tried just about every other "programmer" font and have strongly disliked them all.

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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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                                  Chris Losinger
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                                  Courier New 9pt

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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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                                    Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                    I use Consolas on VS 2003 and IBM WSAD, and I love it. Although, it seems to look even better on VS 2005. :~

                                    Cheers, Vikram.


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                                      Consolas[^] 11pt

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                                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                      I use Consolas 12 pt on both VS 2003 and IBM WSAD on a 17 inch CRT at 1152 x 864. I did try 1280 x 1024 but it hurt my eyes. :sigh:

                                      Cheers, Vikram.


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                                      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                        I use Consolas on VS 2003 and IBM WSAD, and I love it. Although, it seems to look even better on VS 2005. :~

                                        Cheers, Vikram.


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                                        stephen hazel
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                                        Ok. It installed at home for some reason. I'm setup now! nice font! ...Steve

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                                        • N Nish Nishant

                                          I had Consolas at 10pt - changed it to 11 and now my eyes don't hurt as much any more. :-)

                                          Regards, Nish


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                                          Brady Kelly
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                                          Do you wear glasses? If 10pt hurts your eyes maybe you should have them checked out. I use Consolas 8pt on a 14" LCD and my eyes don't get sore, but my contact lenses have been my best friend. Well, most of the time.

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