What is the best font for programming?
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
Some of my fondest memories of my early programming involve white on a blue background, but I rather like the default colors/fonts for C# in Visual Studio. Whatever you do, just make sure to choose a fixed width font, which further helps scan through code.
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
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Inconsolata is my first choice, next choice is consolas. Inconsolata can be found [Here ^] Hope this would be of use, Best regards, Tom.
#define STOOPID #if STOOPID Console.WriteLine("I'm stoopid!"); #endif
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
This is hilarious. You think your font choice is going to make you a better programmer ?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
:wtf:
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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This is hilarious. You think your font choice is going to make you a better programmer ?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
:wtf:
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Heh! :-D Some of us suffer from myopia :^) and it makes reading easier, so yeah, indirectly, it makes us better programmers - ok...which is better looking programmer, one stressed out from squinting at a very unclear font looking like a .... (insert words of your choice), the other looking relaxed and reading with ease??? :laugh:
#define STOOPID #if STOOPID Console.WriteLine("I'm stoopid!"); #endif
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Heh! :-D Some of us suffer from myopia :^) and it makes reading easier, so yeah, indirectly, it makes us better programmers - ok...which is better looking programmer, one stressed out from squinting at a very unclear font looking like a .... (insert words of your choice), the other looking relaxed and reading with ease??? :laugh:
#define STOOPID #if STOOPID Console.WriteLine("I'm stoopid!"); #endif
Well, sure. BUT, there's a ton of fonts out there, which would satisfy that problem. Just setting the colour scheme and font size, will do that. To suggest there's an optimal programming font, is the height of ignorance.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
I always use Consolas @ 9pt.
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
I use multiple fonts. Italic comments and bold operators make code faster to read. And I believe strongly in reading a lot of code as quickly as possible... As for which fonts... Pick something that looks good to you. Why on earth would you trust someone else's subjective opinions over what your own eyes tell you? Personally, I dislike using fonts where l looks like 1 or 0 looks like O, but YMMV...
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
Oh no, not again. Survey Results : What is your favourite programming font?[^]
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
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This is hilarious. You think your font choice is going to make you a better programmer ?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
:wtf:
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I know it's fashionable to pillory CSS and all that, but he just asked for good fonts suited for programming (least eye strain, crossed 0s, that sort of thing). Nowhere does he claim that using this one true font will make him a gangsta coder.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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I've just rediscovered the beauty of color on black for programming environment. More information can be expressed with this type of color scheme. I like how numbers, strings, operators, identifiers all have a unique color that makes things much easier to sort through. The massive reduction of strain on the eyes is good also. Now I am looking for the best font to go with it. For those who customize their programming environment, what font do you use? What color scheme do you use? What is the best? I kind of like fonts that remind me of programming in DOS, however fixedsys and terminal are too big. I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming.
Consolas, and I know I'm going out on a limb here, but I use 15 pt.
Turns out I use 14 pt.
(My monitor is only 17 inches, and I use 1280x1024).
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
modified on Friday, November 27, 2009 2:36 AM
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I use multiple fonts. Italic comments and bold operators make code faster to read. And I believe strongly in reading a lot of code as quickly as possible... As for which fonts... Pick something that looks good to you. Why on earth would you trust someone else's subjective opinions over what your own eyes tell you? Personally, I dislike using fonts where l looks like 1 or 0 looks like O, but YMMV...
This was exactly my point. There is no magical 'programming font'. He needs to choose something he likes.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I know it's fashionable to pillory CSS and all that, but he just asked for good fonts suited for programming (least eye strain, crossed 0s, that sort of thing). Nowhere does he claim that using this one true font will make him a gangsta coder.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
He's an idiot. And he's taken to creating you tube videos that slander me. "I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming. " This is ridiculous, I am sorry. The font that suits you, is a personal choice. There are no fonts created FOR programming, or universally the BEST for programming.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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He's an idiot. And he's taken to creating you tube videos that slander me. "I'm looking for something really really great that is specifically designed for programming. " This is ridiculous, I am sorry. The font that suits you, is a personal choice. There are no fonts created FOR programming, or universally the BEST for programming.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I use multiple fonts. Italic comments and bold operators make code faster to read. And I believe strongly in reading a lot of code as quickly as possible... As for which fonts... Pick something that looks good to you. Why on earth would you trust someone else's subjective opinions over what your own eyes tell you? Personally, I dislike using fonts where l looks like 1 or 0 looks like O, but YMMV...
What is the best food? pizza, no spaghetti, well either I guess What is the best drink? Dr. Pepper, no questions about it What clothing and shoes are best? Anything made by Wrangler and Justin boots What haircut? high-and-tight What animal? a horse... and a dog Those weren't so hard.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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This was exactly my point. There is no magical 'programming font'. He needs to choose something he likes.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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What is the best food? pizza, no spaghetti, well either I guess What is the best drink? Dr. Pepper, no questions about it What clothing and shoes are best? Anything made by Wrangler and Justin boots What haircut? high-and-tight What animal? a horse... and a dog Those weren't so hard.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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Consolas, and I know I'm going out on a limb here, but I use 15 pt.
Turns out I use 14 pt.
(My monitor is only 17 inches, and I use 1280x1024).
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
modified on Friday, November 27, 2009 2:36 AM
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Consolas, and I know I'm going out on a limb here, but I use 15 pt. (My monitor is only 17 inches, and I use 1280x1024).
Thats crazy. I think I'm stuck on Terminal 10pt. It isn't perfect, but other fonts just don't have that special look to them.
