Which font do you use for your source code editor?
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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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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.
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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Consolas, 8pt or 9pt, depending on the resolution and monitor size. Marc
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People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smithbut I find it seems to be blurred on my LCD, 1280*1024. any other font is much more qualitative. why?
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but I find it seems to be blurred on my LCD, 1280*1024. any other font is much more qualitative. why?
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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
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
but I find it seems to be blurred on my LCD, 1280*1024. any other font is much more qualitative. why?
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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?
A font that is very readable of course. :~
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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
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
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?
I use ProggyCleanSZCP. See http://www.proggyfonts.com/
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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!
Truth, James
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In the days of VC6, used Courier New size 10. Didnt like it much but meh, it was a habit from VB5/6. Then in VS2002/2003 used something else, cant remember what (though used Courier New for a while too), and it 2005 I found (and now use) ProggyTiny SlashedZero (http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download&sort=name[^]). Size 12, but its _small_. And I mean impossibly small, but I get used to it and anything else seems unusable to me.
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Consolas without ClearType absolutely sucks. Do you have ClearType turned on?
Not sure, I think there was something like that I turned on recently and didn't like, so turned it back off. Where do I look? (I have 17" LCD at office, 17" CRT at home and I prefer to use the same setup on both.)
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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?
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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?
I didn't like that either and I changed mine back to Fixedsys. I use a black background too. I have kinda bad eye strain if I don't. You will too if you don't lose that crazy white background soon. A monitor is not like a piece of paper, there's no reason why it should look like one. It has always bugged me that the results pane in Query Analyser and in the new SQL Management studio, is a fixed color.
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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. ;)
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It was very weird to look at.
No, it was better for the eyes. Old skool monitors were always with a black background, and the text would be green, amber, or white. The white background was invented to make the word processor look more like a printed page. The harm it would do to everyone's eyes was not considered. I know that if I spend all day reading things on web sites or working with programs that have white backgrounds, that I will not be able to see very well anymore and you do not want to be on the road with me on the way home. What I would like is something that basically reverses white and black on my applications... all of them. There used to be an "inverse" setting on some monitors, but this one doesn't have that. If anyone knows of some kind of system tool I can install, which will turn things essentially negative, I would love that.
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Not sure, I think there was something like that I turned on recently and didn't like, so turned it back off. Where do I look? (I have 17" LCD at office, 17" CRT at home and I prefer to use the same setup on both.)
Ah. Well the CRT is going to be a problem. ClearType looks like crap on CRTs. Anyway, you can turn it on by following these instructions[^].
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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?
I use Lucida Console. Why don't you try it? :)
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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?
Has anyone tried "Bitstream Vera Sans Serif Mono" font. I find this font to be very usable and is available in italics, bold, and bold italics.
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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?
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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?
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Consolas, 8pt or 9pt, depending on the resolution and monitor size. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithConsolas 9 pt is really straining my eyes in 1600x1200 resolution :(
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