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After so many years, there's still no better coding font than MS Consolas. I use it everywhere (where by "everywhere" I mean Linux and OSX, since I don't use an
by melted 11y ago
After so many years, there's still no better coding font than MS Consolas. I use it everywhere (where by "everywhere" I mean Linux and OSX, since I don't use any MS products other than this font).
- malnourish 11y agoDo you not like Inconsolata? https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Inconsolata https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Inconsolata
- melted 11y agoWhen it comes to my eyesight, why settle for anything but the best? Consolas is free as in beer to use. I just checked it into my dotfiles which I clone to all my machines.
- tonsky 11y agoI would rather put it “free as in torrents”. Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=300 https://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=3... offers to buy it for €129
- melted 11y agoMaybe that's what it is now, but there was a window of time when Microsoft offered it as a free download off MSDN to anyone who wants it. That's when I got my copy.