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Arial? I've tried using non monospace fonts for code. They've never worked out for me.

• jrockway 17y ago
  I think it might be dependent on what language you use. In Perl, alignment is very important, as you have a lot of code that looks like: my $foo = Foo->new( named_initargs => 'go here', and_also => 'here', ); (There are various technical reasons to avoid this style, but I think it looks too nice to avoid.) As a result, a non-monospaced font would be a nightmare. However, perhaps if you are using a language where everything is positional (Java, C), then maybe it doesn't matter: Foo foo = new Foo(args, go, here, and, if, you, run, out, of, room, perhaps, they, can, be, written, like, this); Note that the only alignment is the initial indentation; one space is always as wide as another space, so a variable-width font won't mess anything up. Obviously if you are using Haskell or Python, you will care even more about alignment, and hence will want a monospaced font. You will also want a monospaced font in your terminal emulator, as most console apps depend on all glyphs being equally wide.