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Ask HN - Your favorite programming font?

11 pointsfactorialboy26 comments

I'm undecided between Deja Vu Sans, Ubuntu Mono and Consolas.

What do you use?

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Consolas is pretty good on Microsoft Windows. There is also Proggy font or Profont.

Ubuntu Mono for me.

I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Source Sans Pro Mono [1] though.

1: http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2012/08/source-sans-pro....

Terminus 11pt

Note that fonts don't work well on every resolution and font size so you should instead experiment a bit with font size too. A single unit of difference can turn a ugly font into a pleasant one.

My first job as a programmer, I took over some guy's workstation who was using Comic Sans. I continued to use it for years. Quite an odd choice, but you grow to like it.

Chocolat, on the mac, switches to comic sans when the trial runs out. Using it for a couple weeks before jumping to the full version, I can vouch for that it's actually surprisingly good for writing code. Much better than most proportional fonts.

But does "surprisingly good" actually mean "good", or just "not as bad as every other proportional font"?

I think there is an editor out there that actually is free to use but only lets you use Comic Sans as punishment until you pay.

Scite uses Comic Sans by default/

You're thinking about Chocolat. There's a free demo, after which the font switches to Comic Sans until you buy a license.

I used Comic Sans with that app for a week before jumping to Sublime Text 2. :)

All opinions aside: it doesn't matter that much what font you use. Use whatever you feel comfortable with. Switching fonts won't magically make you a better programmer.

Anonymous Pro (http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html).

Anonymous Pro is about 4th on my list of favorites, after Gohu, Dina, and Proggy

I use Ubuntu Mono. Consolas is a little weird to me and Deja Vu Sans Mono just lacks character. I like Droid Sans Mono a lot too.

Ubuntu Mono on Ubuntu and Consolas on Windows. Both of them look so much better on their own platform.

I would agree with this a lot. Context matters. On the macbook air I have work, I kept the default font.

I've been using Inconsolata for the past few months and really liking it. RubyMine does not support it at the moment, but it works great in Terminal, Sublime Text 2, Textmate, etc. Inconsolata is freely available here: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

I use GohuFont (http://font.gohu.org/).

It is the best font I've used. I also like Dina (http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/).

Consolas isn't bad either.

Consolas (Windows) or BitStream Vera Sans Mono (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1....)

ProggyTinySZ or Profont.

Initially used them to maximize screen real estate many years ago. Still use them for their superior readability (ProggyTinySZ being the one of the most readable fonts I have ever used).

Terminus 10pt. I am done with fiddling around with fonts.

Inconsolata-g. Download link: http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html

Monaco on Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Have always stuck with Monaco.

Consolas and Monaco.

Droid Sans Mono.

courier

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