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Ask HN - Your favorite programming font?
I'm undecided between Deja Vu Sans, Ubuntu Mono and Consolas.
What do you use?
- logn 14y agoMy first job as a programmer, I took over some guy's workstation who was using Comic Sans. I continued to use it for years. Quite an odd choice, but you grow to like it.
- ctbeiser 14y agoChocolat, on the mac, switches to comic sans when the trial runs out. Using it for a couple weeks before jumping to the full version, I can vouch for that it's actually surprisingly good for writing code. Much better than most proportional fonts.
- anon3132 14y agoBut does "surprisingly good" actually mean "good", or just "not as bad as every other proportional font"?
- pspeter3 14y agoI think there is an editor out there that actually is free to use but only lets you use Comic Sans as punishment until you pay.
- factorialboy 14y agoScite uses Comic Sans by default/
- SirPalmerston 14y agoYou're thinking about Chocolat. There's a free demo, after which the font switches to Comic Sans until you buy a license. I used Comic Sans with that app for a week before jumping to Sublime Text 2. :)
- pspeter3 14y agoI use Ubuntu Mono. Consolas is a little weird to me and Deja Vu Sans Mono just lacks character. I like Droid Sans Mono a lot too.
- cowsaysoink 14y agoUbuntu Mono on Ubuntu and Consolas on Windows. Both of them look so much better on their own platform.
- pspeter3 14y agoI would agree with this a lot. Context matters. On the macbook air I have work, I kept the default font.
- titraxx 14y agoConsolas is pretty good on Microsoft Windows. There is also Proggy font or Profont.
- magicarp 14y agoHave always stuck with Monaco.
- joshkaufman 14y agoInconsolata-g. Download link: http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html
- anon3132 14y agoI use GohuFont (http://font.gohu.org/ http://font.gohu.org/). It is the best font I've used. I also like Dina (http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/ http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/). Consolas isn't bad either.
- saurabh 14y agoTerminus 10pt. I am done with fiddling around with fonts.
- mphi 14y agoAnonymous Pro (http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html).
- anon3132 14y agoAnonymous Pro is about 4th on my list of favorites, after Gohu, Dina, and Proggy
- anon3132 14y agoAll opinions aside: it doesn't matter that much what font you use. Use whatever you feel comfortable with. Switching fonts won't magically make you a better programmer.
- dcoupl 14y agoI've been using Inconsolata for the past few months and really liking it. RubyMine does not support it at the moment, but it works great in Terminal, Sublime Text 2, Textmate, etc. Inconsolata is freely available here: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
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- randallma 14y agoDroid Sans Mono.
- rynes 14y agocourier
- efghth4546 14y agoIf it's monospaced, I'm good. Far more important is the colour of my chair, it must be red or I simply can't get anything done.
- meej 14y agoConsolas and Monaco.
- kapilkaisare 14y agoMonaco on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
- myvii 14y agoUbuntu Mono for me. I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Source Sans Pro Mono [1] though. 1: http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/08/source-sans-pro.html http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/08/source-sans-pro....
- lumberjack 14y agoTerminus 11pt Note that fonts don't work well on every resolution and font size so you should instead experiment a bit with font size too. A single unit of difference can turn a ugly font into a pleasant one.
- nvmc 14y agoProggyTinySZ or Profont. Initially used them to maximize screen real estate many years ago. Still use them for their superior readability (ProggyTinySZ being the one of the most readable fonts I have ever used).
- cryptos 14y agoConsolas (Windows) or BitStream Vera Sans Mono (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1....)