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My favorite is still DejaVu (I mostly use the Bistream Vera portion) that strangely the article doesn't even mention. I like it enough and hate the way that mo

by joveian 13y ago

My favorite is still DejaVu (I mostly use the Bistream Vera portion) that strangely the article doesn't even mention. I like it enough and hate the way that most websites use fonts enough that I just use it for everything (I use it under urxvt also). I also set a minimum font size wich breaks a lot of things but is still a net benefit IMO. http://dejavu-fonts.org http://dejavu-fonts.org

pawelk 13y ago
After every HN article about the next best programming font I go back to DejaVu Sans Mono, so you may be on to something here.
- kendalk 13y ago
  I used DejaVu Sans Mono until Ubuntu released their Ubuntu Fonts. Ubuntu Mono is a nice programming font! Sorry to tempt you... The font grass is always greener in the next pasture. :)
  - jebblue 13y ago
    Same here, always sought out DejaVu fonts until Canonical ? came out with the Ubuntu font. Now I literally even use it on Windows, not my preference to use Windows but Ubuntu fonts and Cygwin make the limited time I have to spend on it bearable.
- shmerl 13y ago
  I use DejaVu Sans Mono as well for terminal and source editing, but I found that it looks more slim if you apply autohinting to it (for example on Debian it changes quite significantly because of it). I usually put this in $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf <match target="font"> <test name="family"> <string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="autohint"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>vrgb</const> </edit> </match>
simcop2387 13y ago
I'm the same way with DejaVu. I forget how I originally found it but it seems to be very light on the eyes and renders really well on every platform and looks great.
pseut 13y ago
I may not know what I'm talking about, but Adobe's source sans and source code pro look a lot like dejavu but have some nice refinements IMO: eg the "-" is a little higher so "->" is better aligned. You may want to check them out.
Luyt 13y ago
Same here, I configured Firefox to not allow pages to choose their own fonts. Instead, I use a font of my own choosing to render all webbrowser content, and I've set a minimum font size limit, too. Together with the 'View/Zoom/Zoom Text Only' option enabled, I can comfortably read almost any web page, without having to scroll horizontally. Also, quite some sites show a bit breakage because their developers use fixed heights for container DIVs etc... (a container should size itself to its content, instead).

by joveian 13y ago

pawelk 13y ago

After every HN article about the next best programming font I go back to DejaVu Sans Mono, so you may be on to something here.

kendalk 13y ago
I used DejaVu Sans Mono until Ubuntu released their Ubuntu Fonts. Ubuntu Mono is a nice programming font! Sorry to tempt you... The font grass is always greener in the next pasture. :)
- jebblue 13y ago
  Same here, always sought out DejaVu fonts until Canonical ? came out with the Ubuntu font. Now I literally even use it on Windows, not my preference to use Windows but Ubuntu fonts and Cygwin make the limited time I have to spend on it bearable.
shmerl 13y ago
I use DejaVu Sans Mono as well for terminal and source editing, but I found that it looks more slim if you apply autohinting to it (for example on Debian it changes quite significantly because of it). I usually put this in $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf <match target="font"> <test name="family"> <string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="autohint"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>vrgb</const> </edit> </match>

simcop2387 13y ago

I'm the same way with DejaVu. I forget how I originally found it but it seems to be very light on the eyes and renders really well on every platform and looks great.

pseut 13y ago

I may not know what I'm talking about, but Adobe's source sans and source code pro look a lot like dejavu but have some nice refinements IMO: eg the "-" is a little higher so "->" is better aligned. You may want to check them out.

Luyt 13y ago

Same here, I configured Firefox to not allow pages to choose their own fonts. Instead, I use a font of my own choosing to render all webbrowser content, and I've set a minimum font size limit, too. Together with the 'View/Zoom/Zoom Text Only' option enabled, I can comfortably read almost any web page, without having to scroll horizontally. Also, quite some sites show a bit breakage because their developers use fixed heights for container DIVs etc... (a container should size itself to its content, instead).