Best font for programming?

[Forogar]

I just went through the Adobe rigmarole to test out this "Source Code Pro" font. You have to have their application running to use the "free" font! I have tested it and it is just not good enough, "Consolas" gives me a better editing environment and I don't have to sign up for endless junk-mail and a monitoring program to use it. I have uninstalled it but their is no mechanism to close or delete my "account" with Adobe. Also when I tried to unsubscribe from their emails it said "page not found" once I clicked the unsubscribe button.:mad:

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

[Duncan Edwards Jones]

There is a considerable body of research that says that the harder the font is to read the more you are aware of (and concentrate on) the content - so 8pt Windings it is.

[Jeremy Falcon]

Chris Maunder wrote:

Every so often I think "I'll ask the guys in the Lounge. They are so sensible and mature"

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Jeremy Falcon

[Jeremy Falcon]

I've tried several and yet I still find myself using Consolas on Windows and right now Inconsolata on a Mac. I'd be curious to know, of a Consolas replacement for VS. Try as I may, over the years, I have found very few fonts living up to it.

Jeremy Falcon

[Lost User]

Use a narrow font: 1. saves space, 2. uses up less pixels (so screen lasts longer) 3. and with the code being shorter easier to understand when looking back at it years later But seriously, maintaining a few [on-]sites (and some off sites) I just stick with defaults, VS pro at home and 2010 on some client sites for quick rebuilds, farting about with fonts settings is off the table.

Sin tack ear lol Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate

[kmoorevs]

Courier New - Now that you mention it, I need to try something new.

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

[Slacker007]

Consolas since it came out.

[Lost User]

Been switching/trying fonts for some time, and am currently using Courier New. ..but I'll quickly switch back to Comic Sans if I have to pair-program again :thumbsup:

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

[Jeremy Falcon]

I've tried several and yet I still find myself using Consolas on Windows and right now Inconsolata on a Mac. I'd be curious to know, of a Consolas replacement for VS. Try as I may, over the years, I have found very few fonts living up to it.

Jeremy Falcon

[Jeremy Falcon]

Odd, I tried it and didn't like it as much. Might be worth revisiting.

Jeremy Falcon

[Jeremy Falcon]

I use Inconsolata on a Mac for Sublime text and so far I find it to be a very useful replacement for Consolas in the Mac world.

Jeremy Falcon

[Munchies_Matt]

fixedsys of course! :)

[Shelby Robertson]

DejaVu Sans Mono [^]

CPallini wrote:

You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him. :Smile:

[Kyle Moyer]

Anything fixed width is fine by me. Seems Visual Studio uses Consolas out of the box, and I've never had a reason to seek out something else. I actually prefer fixed width fonts everywhere. They just feel so much more... Organized... The very first thing I do to a fresh install of Outlook is change the font to Courier New. :-D

[Mark_Wallace]

Forogar wrote:

when I tried to unsubscribe from their emails it said "page not found" once I clicked the unsubscribe button

Don't worry; they're not totally incompetent. Their spam servers work perfectly.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

I'm not finicky about it; I just use the built-in Lucida Console.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mycroft Holmes]

You are a silly bugger, most of us come here to be amused. You want a reasonable answer you go to Q&A hah hah hah.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[PIEBALDconsult]

Andale mono. 8 pt.

[Nighthowler]

proggy fonts | Monospaced Bitmap Programming Fonts[^] Depends on your eyesight, I can't really see them anymore.

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Lucida Console[^].  Nothing else will do. /ravi

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