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I would be remiss not to point out Inconsolata. It's perfect (IMHO) for code, terminals, and email. http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html http://levi

by ary 14y ago

I would be remiss not to point out Inconsolata. It's perfect (IMHO) for code, terminals, and email. http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

tzaman 14y ago
Exactly, I use it in all my editors and iTerm too
joshkaufman 14y ago
I'm a huge fan of Inconsolata. There's a variant called Inconsolata-g that's even better: http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html
- guptaneil 14y ago
  Thanks for that! This font looks gorgeous in Terminal. I was just struggling 2 days ago to find a better font because I was fed up with the system defaults.
- chj 14y ago
  me 2. Been using it in the recent years.
ggchappell 14y ago
It's good, but I'd say it's short of perfect due to the similarity of the "1" [one] and "l" [lower-case ell]. Inconsolata-g fixed this, but in a strange way (taking the lower serif off the "1" [one]).
- fbuilesv 14y ago
  The 1 in Inconsolata does not have the serif either, and it hasn't for a while I think: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/incoshow.png http://levien.com/type/myfonts/incoshow.png
  - ggchappell 14y ago
    Yes, you're right. I was looking at an old version. That change definitely improves the font, but it's still an odd solution, IMHO.
    - mh- 14y ago
      the top serif is also angled downward on the 'one'. here's a preview of Inconsolata-g at high res (~100kB)
      - anoother 14y ago
        Where?
antonios 14y ago
For those who miss Greek characters, here's an Inconsolata variant that has them as well: http://www.cosmix.org/software/ http://www.cosmix.org/software/
Surio 14y ago
Yes, Inconsolata has been very popular of late. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/InSearchOfThePerfectMonospacedProgrammersFontInconsolata.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/InSearchOfThePerfectMonospaced... Inconsolata-dz which is bigger (by pure serendipity) than Inconsolata and Inconsolata-g. Also highly recommended. http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-double-quotes-inconsola/ http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-dou... BTW, Inconsolata-g is derived from Inconsolata-dz and, IMO some of the mods were done purely based on the/for the author's whims and fancies. So, when you use it, typographically it jars (a lot). YMMV .
jamesaguilar 14y ago
The big trouble with Inconsolata for me is the lack of a bold weight. This means it doesn't work in emacs if you use bold with your font lock mode.
hamidpalo 14y ago
I love Inconsolata as well -- it's the only font on OS X that comes close to Consolas on Windows. For some reason though IntelliJ cannot render it well at all, so I've resorted to using Droid Sans Mono [1], which is awesome as well. [1]: http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono

by ary 14y ago

I would be remiss not to point out Inconsolata. It's perfect (IMHO) for code, terminals, and email. http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

tzaman 14y ago

Exactly, I use it in all my editors and iTerm too

joshkaufman 14y ago

I'm a huge fan of Inconsolata. There's a variant called Inconsolata-g that's even better: http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html

guptaneil 14y ago
Thanks for that! This font looks gorgeous in Terminal. I was just struggling 2 days ago to find a better font because I was fed up with the system defaults.
chj 14y ago
me 2. Been using it in the recent years.

ggchappell 14y ago

It's good, but I'd say it's short of perfect due to the similarity of the "1" [one] and "l" [lower-case ell]. Inconsolata-g fixed this, but in a strange way (taking the lower serif off the "1" [one]).

fbuilesv 14y ago
The 1 in Inconsolata does not have the serif either, and it hasn't for a while I think: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/incoshow.png http://levien.com/type/myfonts/incoshow.png
- ggchappell 14y ago
  Yes, you're right. I was looking at an old version. That change definitely improves the font, but it's still an odd solution, IMHO.
  - mh- 14y ago
    the top serif is also angled downward on the 'one'. here's a preview of Inconsolata-g at high res (~100kB)
    - anoother 14y ago
      Where?

antonios 14y ago

For those who miss Greek characters, here's an Inconsolata variant that has them as well: http://www.cosmix.org/software/ http://www.cosmix.org/software/

Surio 14y ago

Yes, Inconsolata has been very popular of late. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/InSearchOfThePerfectMonospacedProgrammersFontInconsolata.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/InSearchOfThePerfectMonospaced... Inconsolata-dz which is bigger (by pure serendipity) than Inconsolata and Inconsolata-g. Also highly recommended. http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-double-quotes-inconsola/ http://nodnod.net/2009/feb/12/adding-straight-single-and-dou... BTW, Inconsolata-g is derived from Inconsolata-dz and, IMO some of the mods were done purely based on the/for the author's whims and fancies. So, when you use it, typographically it jars (a lot). YMMV .

jamesaguilar 14y ago

The big trouble with Inconsolata for me is the lack of a bold weight. This means it doesn't work in emacs if you use bold with your font lock mode.

hamidpalo 14y ago

I love Inconsolata as well -- it's the only font on OS X that comes close to Consolas on Windows. For some reason though IntelliJ cannot render it well at all, so I've resorted to using Droid Sans Mono [1], which is awesome as well. [1]: http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono