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This font is not new. This re-release has been out over a year and its predecessor (Anonymous) has been around almost ten. I've seen it in plenty of "best progr

This font is not new. This re-release has been out over a year and its predecessor (Anonymous) has been around almost ten. I've seen it in plenty of "best programming fonts" articles. That said, it is nice to have something different from the usual simple sans model of most modern monospaces (e.g., Deja Vu Sans Mono, Consolas, and Inconsolata). Anonymous has a lot of character – which either interests or annoys you. It's been my default in Vim for some months now.

camiller 16y ago
Agreed. I've been using it for close to a year as my default in Eclipse, I like it a lot.
moondowner 16y ago
True, isn't really new, I use it since January. Though, there are two best "programming" fonts according to me: - free: Droid Sans Mono ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(font) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(font) ) - paid: Pragmata ( http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragma.htm http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragma.htm ) One thing I like about Inconsolata Pro is that it supports Cyrillic fonts (the other two also support), there are many good monospaced fonts which don't have Cyrillic support, and there are lot of programmers who like to make the comments in the code in their native language.
psadauskas 16y ago
I used it for a little bit, but as always, switched back to Envy Code R. At 12pt on my Mac Terminal, it renders with no anti-aliased blurriness. http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-coding-font-released http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-cod...
- dtf 16y ago
  I find OS X makes nice fonts like Envy look bloated, bold and ugly when I switch from Apple-prescribed black-on-white - where they look awesome - to my preferred white-on-black scheme. I have to stick to bitmap fonts like Terminus, SGIScreen and Dina when coding on Mac. Linux and Windows do not have this problem.
Gormo 16y ago
Nice pun. I personally find the sans-serif monospace fonts much easier to read on a monitor, especially at small sizes. Out of the list, I find Consolas far superior to the others. Inconsolata is very similar, but it doesn't have real italics, and the vectors aren't tweaked for optimal anti-aliasing. Typography is something Microsoft actually does very well.

camiller 16y ago

Agreed. I've been using it for close to a year as my default in Eclipse, I like it a lot.

moondowner 16y ago

True, isn't really new, I use it since January. Though, there are two best "programming" fonts according to me: - free: Droid Sans Mono ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(font) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(font) ) - paid: Pragmata ( http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragma.htm http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragma.htm ) One thing I like about Inconsolata Pro is that it supports Cyrillic fonts (the other two also support), there are many good monospaced fonts which don't have Cyrillic support, and there are lot of programmers who like to make the comments in the code in their native language.

psadauskas 16y ago

I used it for a little bit, but as always, switched back to Envy Code R. At 12pt on my Mac Terminal, it renders with no anti-aliased blurriness. http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-coding-font-released http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-cod...

dtf 16y ago
I find OS X makes nice fonts like Envy look bloated, bold and ugly when I switch from Apple-prescribed black-on-white - where they look awesome - to my preferred white-on-black scheme. I have to stick to bitmap fonts like Terminus, SGIScreen and Dina when coding on Mac. Linux and Windows do not have this problem.

Gormo 16y ago

Nice pun. I personally find the sans-serif monospace fonts much easier to read on a monitor, especially at small sizes. Out of the list, I find Consolas far superior to the others. Inconsolata is very similar, but it doesn't have real italics, and the vectors aren't tweaked for optimal anti-aliasing. Typography is something Microsoft actually does very well.