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Agreed. Aside from a few major variables (fixed-width or variable-width, anti-aliased or no, weight), and ruling out fonts with obvious flaws like making 0 and
by silentbicycle 17y ago
Agreed. Aside from a few major variables (fixed-width or variable-width, anti-aliased or no, weight), and ruling out fonts with obvious flaws like making 0 and O look too similar, it's largely a matter of taste.
I've found that some fonts look much better as light text on dark backgrounds, or vice-versa. I use terminus (http://shenani.gen.nz/~scott/img/terminus-sample.png http://shenani.gen.nz/~scott/img/terminus-sample.png), but something about it doesn't look right to me on a light background.
- torr 17y agoYeah, I know some font rendering technology specifically draws dark-on-light-bkgnd differently from light-on-dark-bkgnd, though I can't recall where I've seen it, or the details ...
- moe 17y agoIndeed. I found the choice of font less critical on light backgrounds but that might be because I'm a white-on-black fanatic and can't bear a light background for long anyways - regardless of font. But I, too, noticed the difference and I don't think it's just subjective. Black-on-white is generally easier on my eye in the short-term but for the long-term (e.g. coding sessions) I strongly prefer white-on-black because staring at a mostly white screen for extended periods of time makes me dizzy.