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Every couple of months I try a new programming font, but I always go back to Inconsolata.
by jarin 16y ago
Every couple of months I try a new programming font, but I always go back to Inconsolata.
- Emore 16y agoMe too. Here's a link for the unenlightened: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
- telemachos 16y agoIt's my (self-appointed) job on HN to also remind people that if they love Inconsolata, but hate the curly quotations, you can get straight-quote Inconsolata-dz. http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-double-quotes-inconsola/ http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-dou...
- yannis 16y agoYou can even have it replace tt in your LaTeX files. Download and \usepackage{inconsolata} in your preamble.
- yellowbkpk 16y agoI had to stop using Inconsolata because when it is a pixel or two wider when bolded (by Eclipse or other editors). Perhaps I installed it wrong on my Ubuntu machine, but I couldn't figure out how to fix it.
- lars512 16y agoI prefer Menlo/Deju Vu Sans Mono. It's amazing how all these monospace fonts differ in rendering between, say, 10pt and 18pt. I often find that the best looking one at a larger size just doesn't have the right 13pt/14pt sweet spot where it's both elegant and functional. The rendering also differs between systems, and even between frameworks, so there's not even one right answer.
- defen 16y agoWow, thanks. I hadn't heard of that one but it's way better than the Monaco I was using.
- swolchok 16y agoIt seems to make the gap between lines enormous in Emacs. Is it just a configuration issue? (compared to Deja Vu Sans Mono) I can't accept a font change that means I can fit less code on my screen and have to read smaller text to boot.
- huhtenberg 16y agoLikewise, but I always go back to Dina. http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina