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Ask HN: Best programming font?
Every once in a while I tune the little details of my programming setup. Today I am wondering if there is a font I would prefer to the default Ubuntu emacs font. What is your preferred programming font?
- kingsidharth 16y agoConsola (vim)
- DanielStraight 16y agoBest place to look for this is StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689/recommended-fonts-for-programming http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689/recommended-fonts-fo... Every reasonable choice is listed there. Try them. Pick the one you like.
- lacker 16y agoI saw that, but it's a couple years old. If someone does want to use that link be sure to sort by votes, the default order has several zero-voted options in the top few. A link to sort-by-vote: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689?tab=votes#tab-top http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689?tab=votes#tab-top
- Scott_MacGregor 16y agoI like Consolas. It's monospaced and designed for programming.
- srgseg 16y agoConsolas is optimized for ClearType, which makes fonts clearer by not only using subpixel antialiasing but by also fitting them to the pixel grid. If only I had ClearType on OSX, I wouldn't have to look at fuzzy text all day ( see this screenshot http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-respecting-the-pixel-grid.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-resp... )
- wwortiz 16y agoBoth Inconsolata and Consolas seem to look nice on Ubuntus default rendering (though Consolas only seems to look okay on a dark background). I personally use Inconsolata.
- gasull 16y agoInconsolata. sudo apt-get install ttf-inconsolata
- handrake 16y agoI've been using Terminus on emacs for awhile. Fantastic for programming.
- gus_massa 16y agoI am using Proggy Clean Slashed Zero (small size, monospaced, support for international characters, centered *): http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download
- iopuy 16y agoYes there is.... Liberation Mono is the best font for working at a shell. xterm -fa 'Liberation Mono' To try it out young grasshopper.
- modality 16y agoI use Anonymous Pro, which is available here: http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html
- hasenj 16y agoI like the 'monospace' font that comes with ubuntu by default. Not sure what's the actual font name there. I tried many fonts on Windows and on Linux, but at the end none of them really satisfied me. Then I realized the default Ubuntu monospace font really looks good. I don't have any complaint about it.
- proexploit 16y agoI'm a huge fan of "Dina". Switched from Proggy.