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Here's an incomplete list I tested awhile ago:

  Andale Mono
  Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
  Consolas
  Courier
  Courier New
  DejaVu Sans Mono
  Droid Sans Mono
  Inconsolata
  Liberation Mono
  Lucida Console
  Monaco
  Source Code Pro
  Verdana  // yeah, Verdana is still a king of small

Luculent appears awkwardly tall, thin, and squished in Sublime. Very hard on my eyes. Playful "i" but way too hectic altogether. I appreciate the thoughtfulness in approach and hope it works well for others. For all the people who love Verdana: the DejaVu or Bitstream (nearly the same, same author) typefaces are the closest. Still using DejaVu Sans Mono for now.

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I'll add my favorite to your list: Latin Modern Mono. It's based on the Computer Modern font designed by Donald Knuth.

http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern/index...

Thanks. That's quite the collection. I just tried all of those Latin Modern Mono size variations but they don't sit well with me for code. With and without anti-aliasing, it's very heavy/blotchy in parts of most of the letters. It's on the order of a typewriter style. As with the other recommendation, it's still a good style in a large size.

What do you think of Dina?

https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/

Good addition. Dina is thinner but very similar in proportions to DejaVu at size 8. But at 8 or above, it doesn't cut it, having less lines and lacking enough weight to focus. (Note: I use a white background, which obviously affects everything.) That said, Dina outshines DejaVu in readability for anything smaller.

Edit: Dina has a lot of beauty. Nice blocky style once it's large enough. It's also excellent at a very tiny scale in a web browser.

Edit2: Sublime is giving very different and inconsistent results vs. some IDEs and other interfaces. Blah, really depends.

Dina was great during the Windows XP days when ClearType wasn't the default screen setting. On Windows 7, where ClearType is already set, it doesn't look as good as it did before. (This is just my perception, of course.)

Check out Ubuntu Mono: http://www.google.com/fonts#ReviewPlace:refine/Collection:Ub...

Good call. I should've remembered it. At a size of 8 or 9, I much prefer DejaVu Sans Mono where it's more readable but packs in more lines. However, I'd say anything 10+ I start to prefer Ubuntu Mono much more 'cause the letters are more balanced and not too tall.

Dina and Anonymous Pro.

Not sure why you have proportional Verdana on the list though.

No Envy Code R?

Thanks, checking it out. Just A/B'd them. Envy Code R is good. However, it falls short for me. DejaVu is more readable, filling more of the space, and DejaVu packs more lines in with a smaller default line height. Envy's curly brackets are too whimsical for their own good; they're abrasive yet too similar to square brackets when unfocused, scanning quickly.

I like Envy's actual style otherwise though (in a larger size). I'll keep it in mind for design.

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