Nobody mentions if they use Retina when recommending those "newer" fonts. I imagine most fonts that "only look good in 48pt" in my screen can be used for coding

Nobody mentions if they use Retina when recommending those "newer" fonts. I imagine most fonts that "only look good in 48pt" in my screen can be used for coding in Retina screens (never seen one of those). BUT when using low-dpi monitors, very few get the hinting right, and bitmap (6x13 [1]) is king. [1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/fonts/ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/fonts/