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Poll: What is your favorite programming font?
- anigbrowl 13y agoLucida Console, but I secretly long to use Ransom Note.
- yan 13y agoPragmata Pro
- sjm 13y agoI used this for a while, but found it packed a little too tight horizontally. With widescreen monitors and languages where keeping to 80 columns is still standard, I found it was wasting too much space. There's only so much code I want on my screen at any one time before it's more overwhelming than actually useful.
- mistercow 13y agoI use it and typically have my font size set fairly large. One advantage of this is that it encourages short code blocks. Then, if I'm dealing with code that is massively indented, like HTML, or JS with deeply nested callbacks, I can shrink down to a normal font size and still be able to read while also being able to see everything.
- joaoyc 13y agoDefinitely Envy Code R.
- awnird 13y agoSource Code Pro
- mundizzle 13y agomost definitely Source Code Pro
- paul_f 13y agoyes, most definitely Source Code Pro. The fact this wasn't even an option makes this poll ridiculous.
- sjm 13y agoAlso my current favourite — the light version specifically, with semibold as the bold variation.
- jamesrom 13y agoLack of italics is a deal breaker for me.
- arh68 13y agoCourier Prime [1] is a comparable font and features bold+/italic. Serifs vs sans-serif they differ, but I find their quality to both be top notch. 1 http://www.quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/ http://www.quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/
- dccoolgai 13y agoglaring omission
- wusher 13y agoUbuntu Mono http://font.ubuntu.com/#charset-mono-regular http://font.ubuntu.com/#charset-mono-regular
- rbanffy 13y agoIBM 3278 terminal font. Found no scalable version, so I had to make my own: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
- elektronaut 13y agoTheSansMono Condensed at 13pt, with slightly increased line spacing. You'll probably balk at the price (as did I), but you can buy single weights.
- isaacb 13y agoBitstream Vera Sans Mono is the only smooth font I've been able to find that still looks good at smaller sizes, which means more lines of code on the screen. Combined with Solarized (usually light), my eyes have been really really spoiled.
- st3fan 13y agoI prefer Adobe's Source Code Pro Light on a Retina screen. The Retina part is important, I don't think this is a nice font on a low-dpi screen :-)
- presty 13y agoI don't know AKA the default on sublime/eclipse/etc in the OS that I'm using
- icodestuff 13y agoKinda odd to not include Menlo, the default font in Xcode. Not sure that's my favorite (and I've gotten a lot less picky about programming fonts over the years) but it seems an odd omission.
- msbarnett 13y agoMenlo is definitely my favorite.
- mproud 13y agoI like Menlo too.
- ek 13y agoMonaco actually ships as the default in iTerm (although Terminal.app has been Menlo for a while), and I always switch it to Menlo.
- bradleyland 13y agoI use a variant called Meslo, which gives you better control over the line spacing: https://github.com/andreberg/Meslo-Font https://github.com/andreberg/Meslo-Font
- zachlatta 13y agoYup. Menlo is awesome.
- intrazoo 13y agoI like my deja vu sans but I wish it had a slashed zero.
- jjs 13y agoTry the Droid Sans Mono variant with slashed zero. http://blog.cosmix.org/2009/10/27/a-slashed-zero-droid-sans-mono/ http://blog.cosmix.org/2009/10/27/a-slashed-zero-droid-sans-...
- gnosis 13y agoThank you for this. I think this variant might tear me away from my long-time favorite, Inconsolata. It seems very close, yet even more readable. I love it.
- intrazoo 13y agoI have (and I just did again). Maybe I should give it more time to warm up to it? If I can't get a slashed zero deja vu sans mono, I will just have to buy a hi-res screen so the zero dot is less ugly (should do anyway). So, before submitting, I found a slashed version (saved) and I am now happy! I forget source, but can email to people who want.
- dgesang 13y agoAh, it's "What's your favorite X?" time again! +1 for Source Code Pro.
- mmphosis 13y agoFont: Print Char 21 Size: 8
- spaznode 13y agoWho cares? The best font is consolas. No debate, just is.
- mistercow 13y agoI find the 1 and l in Consolas to be far too similar.
- brandonhsiao 13y agoConsolas has too much of a Microsoft flavor for my tastes. That, and I find its less angular competitor Inconsolata to be much cleaner and more elegant.
- sliverstorm 13y agoI used Consolas a lot, but eventually switched to fixed. Fixed just lets me pack a lot more text on my screen, which is very important for my functions.
- homosaur 13y agoIf you want a more educational overview than this list which is kind of poor for discoverability (not to mention some egregious oversights), Slant has an awesome topic and there are lots of type samples. http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming-fonts http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming... I'd vote Source Code Pro and Inconsolata-g
- xn 13y ago6x13
- to3m 13y agoI do agree. The aspect ratio is perfect, and it's very readable for its size. I've used the same version of 6x13 on Windows (http://www.hassings.dk/lars/fonts.html http://www.hassings.dk/lars/fonts.html) since forever, pretty much, and before that I used some other version of 6x13. Today, 15 years since I first set eyes on it, it's still my console font and my emacs font. Unfortunately, modern versions of Visual Studio don't support bitmap fonts, so for that I've had to change to 9 point MS Gothic. This has one unusual feature ('\' appears as a yen symbol, since it's a Japanese font), and the descenders are rather short (presumably Japanese readers are differently sensitive to this stuff), but it's tall like 6x13, pixel-perfect at 9 point size, and perfectly serviceable for programming work. (There's also a serif equivalent, MS Mincho, which is usable but a bit fussy for my taste. 8 point Gungsuh Che and Gulim Che are also workable, but I found them a bit fussy too. I think they are Korean or Chinese.)
- thought_alarm 13y agoI've been using Latin Modern Mono (http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Latin-Modern-Mono http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Latin-Modern-Mono) in Xcode for nearly five years, and I'm fairly certain I'm the only one who does that.
- ppereira 13y agoI use Latin Modern Mono Light from my TeX installation.
- Watabou 13y agoI've loved a variant of Inconsolata called "Inconsolata-dz". It's a fantastic font.
- a0 13y agoCompletely in love with "M+ 1mn Light", here's my current Sublime Text setup: http://www.odis.io/rizo/st-1.png http://www.odis.io/rizo/st-1.png.
- kephra 13y agoI wonder how many of who voted "None of the above" standard X11 fonts like misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-* ? At least its good that "None of the above", and it reminds me on an old Yellow Biafra claim: Every election should offer a "None of them", and the election must be repeated with new canidates, if "None of them" wins.
- camus 13y agoVoting is about choosing the "least worse" candidate, not the best one for the job. Choosing nothing is not a choice. But choosing between 2 parties is not a choice either.
- ddoolin 13y agoUbuntu Mono, usually.
- camus 13y agoUbuntu Mono / Lucida Console
- Adrock 13y agoI generated one programmatic comparisons of a bunch if fixed width fonts a couple years ago: http://1overn.com/2011/01/31/iterating-on-font-pair-comparisons/ http://1overn.com/2011/01/31/iterating-on-font-pair-comparis... I should update it with this list...
- pranavrc 13y agoHistogram so far: http://quickhist.onloop.net/Andale%20Mono=2,Anonymous=6,Arial=0,Bitstream%20Vera%20Sans%20Mono=5,CG%20Mono=0,Clean=0,Consolas=46,Courier=0,Courier%20New=2,Crystal=0,Deja%20Vu%20Sans%20Mono=14,Dina=14,Droid%20Sans%20Mono=7,Envy%20Code%20R=2,Fixedsys=0,Inconsolata=50,Liberation%20Mono=2,Lucida%20Console=3,Monaco=17,Monofur=0,MS%20Sans%20Serif=1,Neep=0,Profont=1,Proggy%20Clean=3,Sheldon=0,Speedy=0,Terminus=7,None%20of%20the%20above=46/Favorite%20Programming%20Languages,%20HN%20Poll%20July%202013 http://quickhist.onloop.net/Andale%20Mono=2,Anonymous=6,Aria...
- deepakkapoor 13y agoUbuntu mono
- slowernet 13y agoPragmata non-Pro.
- SeanDav 13y agoThe only difference I can spot between Bitstream Vera Sans Mono and Deja Vu Sans Mono is the underscore character "_" Either is my favourite
- UIZealot 13y agoI loved the xterm "huge" font, simple and clear, great for high DPI displays. Windows Fixedsys is a passable replacement for low DPI displays.
- magnifico_geo 13y agoWingdings
- Apreche 13y agoUsed to be Proggy, but now it is Source Code Pro http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro.html http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/09/source-code-pro....
- IbJacked 13y agoNone of the above - Ubuntu Mono
- twiceaday 13y agoI love Panic Sans that comes with Coda. I ripped it out of the package of the trial version and installed it on my system.
- halish 13y agoSource Code Pro
- schwa 13y agoThere are some ugly ass fonts listed in this post.
- char101 13y agoM+mn Sample: http://i.imgur.com/cJaXfe5.png http://i.imgur.com/cJaXfe5.png http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/ http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/
- thiagoc 13y agoNice one. I'm using it right now. You use the regular or light version?
- kirang1989 13y agoUbuntu Mono, Consolas and Inconsolata are some of my favourites for Python Programming Droid Sans Mono, Consolas for Java programming.
- kirang1989 13y agoUbuntu Mono, Consolas and Inconsolata are some of my favourites.
- isarat 13y agoRecently I am in to SourceCode Pro. Nothing great but just for a change. BitSansVera, Inconsolata and Consolas are my other favorites.
- dserban 13y agoA font called "Source Code Pro", available here: https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro
- greyfade 13y agoI really can't stand any of the fonts I've found and tried. Every single one of them has an offensive appearance. The only font I can find that is both consistently readable at small sizes and doesn't drive me stark raving mad with Lovecraftian shapes is Inconsolata-g. And I hate Inconsolata-g. Consolas is simply offensive, and Proggy has got to be the ugliest thing I have seen in my life. Clean is moderately tolerable (and marginally better than Inconsolata-g on most entities) despite being Lovecraftian, but it has so many broken characters and interferes so badly with my graphics driver (terminals on Linux under some versions of the `nvidia` driver behave very badly when using a bitmap font), that I can't use it. I'm still looking for a font that doesn't make me want to raze several small towns.
- malk_zameth 13y agoDina, by far the best programming font ever, highly lisible even at 8pt, ever char is different, vertical alignement is taken using prog languages into mind, it has it all
- chrisdl 13y agoSource Code Pro
- Vitaly 13y agoSource Code Pro from Adobe: https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro