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Every once in a while I tune the little details of my programming setup. Today I am wondering if there is a font I would prefer to the default Ubuntu emacs font. What is your preferred programming font?

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I like the 'monospace' font that comes with ubuntu by default. Not sure what's the actual font name there.

I tried many fonts on Windows and on Linux, but at the end none of them really satisfied me.

Then I realized the default Ubuntu monospace font really looks good. I don't have any complaint about it.

Best place to look for this is StackOverflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689/recommended-fonts-fo...

Every reasonable choice is listed there. Try them. Pick the one you like.

I saw that, but it's a couple years old. If someone does want to use that link be sure to sort by votes, the default order has several zero-voted options in the top few. A link to sort-by-vote:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689?tab=votes#tab-top

I like Consolas. It's monospaced and designed for programming.

Consolas is optimized for ClearType, which makes fonts clearer by not only using subpixel antialiasing but by also fitting them to the pixel grid.

If only I had ClearType on OSX, I wouldn't have to look at fuzzy text all day ( see this screenshot http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/06/font-rendering-resp... )

Both Inconsolata and Consolas seem to look nice on Ubuntus default rendering (though Consolas only seems to look okay on a dark background).

I personally use Inconsolata.

I am using Proggy Clean Slashed Zero (small size, monospaced, support for international characters, centered *): http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download

I use Anonymous Pro, which is available here:

http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html

Yes there is.... Liberation Mono is the best font for working at a shell.

xterm -fa 'Liberation Mono'

To try it out young grasshopper.

Inconsolata.

sudo apt-get install ttf-inconsolata

I've been using Terminus on emacs for awhile. Fantastic for programming.

I'm a huge fan of "Dina". Switched from Proggy.

Consola (vim)

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