Which font do you use for your source code editor?

Stan Klimoff

The default one (Courier New 10, I assume?). Actually, I would love to try this kind of antiqua[^], but I have no idea, what's the font is that and where to get one. :sigh:

chaiguy1337

I personally can't stand Courier New because it just takes up so much screen space, and looks awful at small sizes. I love ProFontWindows (8pt) because I grew up programming on a Mac with CodeWarrior using Monaco. I find it super clean and easily readable. Characters are distinct and recognizable. However I've just looked at some of these "Proggy" variations and they look quite nice, esp. Proggy Tiny Slashed Zeroes. Perhaps I'll give it a try. Good question though! I find code font is actually one of the most important settings in your environment. If you have good eyes, you can double the amount of code you can see on screen. I also find bitmapped (non-antialiased) fonts are best for viewing at small resolutions because of the clear contrast. Looking at blurry fonts just hurts the eyes. Cheers. Logan1337 www.piHole.org

mikewinny

well ive been a fan of Verdana for months now, in code and everywhere else. serifs are ugly and fixed width i find is too distracting. 9pt works for my code, on a black background with lots of vibrant neon-colour-esque syntax highlighting. green/navy/black-on-white is so boring.

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JacquesDP

Tahoma on size 8

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Russell Jones

I love verdana for coding. I find the proportional font much easier on the eye and much more pleasant to read than old skool fixed pitched fonts.

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Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, available here.

jlwarlow

codediscuss.com wrote:

I'm a fan of VC6 and I get used to the default font in the source code editor, which is fixedsys, size 12. But now I'm trying to use VS2005, I'm very uncomfortable about the new font and I always feel interrupted when coding just because of the font. (and also the speed.) So what's your choice?

Up until 4 months ago I was using VC6, now I'm using C# in 2003. I used the standard font in both cases, but I change the system default background colour from white to a mint green (195,220,195). A few people comment about it but it saves my eyes from straining by the end of the day! :-)

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TrickyPhilbert

I use WingDings - it makes coding kinda interesting ;)

Pawel Krakowiak

Not exactly font-related, but... I also use the defaults, I only made strings in code highlight to red on yellow bkg. I remember one guy, with which I worked, who was a hard/black/death metal fan and used to have Delphi IDE to his likeness - all black with white fonts. It was very weird to look at. ;)

canOgrog

Courier New is just THE font to program in! I only use MS VS .NET 2003 (a gift from university) and Macromedia Dreamweaver (and one from my beloved former employer) to program in and the colours make the world of difference. Actually... I don't know the font size, etc., but who has time to change it these days!

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Phil Harding

Until Consolas arrived, I used Lucida Console 8pt, although the Proggy ones look nice :)

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Mike Dimmick

Likewise. Courier New is just way too wide to read comfortably. The fact that you can get more characters per line with Lucida or Consolas is a side-effect. On CRTs without ClearType enabled, I use Lucida Console, because Consolas really doesn't work without ClearType on and I can't stand it on rubbish CRTs. On LCDs, with ClearType enabled, Lucida Console doesn't work so well, so I use Consolas.

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James Curran

Absolutely. I prefer Comic Sans MS (10pt). It eaiser on the eyes yet still allows longer lines in the resticted space (with docked side windows) Break the mono-spaced hegemony!

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code_discuss

but I find it seems to be blurred on my LCD, 1280*1024. any other font is much more qualitative. why?

Marc Clifton

codediscuss.com wrote:

but I find it seems to be blurred on my LCD, 1280*1024. any other font is much more qualitative.

You might need to turn on ClearType. It looked like crap for me until I did so. However, on a laptop I have, ClearType causes scrolling to crawl, so that wasn't an option, so I use a different font. Marc

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