Ask HN: Best programming font?

8 points by lacker 15y ago ↗ HN

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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kingsidharth 15y ago ↗

Consola (vim)

DanielStraight 15y ago ↗

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.

lacker 15y ago ↗

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

Scott_MacGregor 15y ago ↗

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

srgseg 15y ago ↗

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... )

wwortiz 15y ago ↗

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.

gasull 15y ago ↗

Inconsolata.

sudo apt-get install ttf-inconsolata

handrake 15y ago ↗

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

gus_massa 15y ago ↗

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

iopuy 15y ago ↗

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

xterm -fa 'Liberation Mono'

To try it out young grasshopper.

modality 15y ago ↗

I use Anonymous Pro, which is available here:

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

hasenj 15y ago ↗

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.

proexploit 15y ago ↗

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