Wilba Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 I started coding on UNIX systems and always used the fixed6x13 font available on X11.When I switched to working on Windows platforms, I cursed having to use Courier or worse, and have used various non-TTF versions of fixed6x13 until I found a great TTF version here: http://www.twoevils.org/html/files.htmlMiscFixedSC613MiscFixedBC613Be sure to use it at 9 point and for pixel-perfect clarity, turn off ClearType. ;D Quote
nILS Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 I found my favorite one here: http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ Quote
bugfight Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 eveybody knows wingdings is the best coding font...duh! Quote
nILS Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 I really like Webdings a lot better - more arrows in it! Quote
Kartoshka Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 thanks, my project needs this one ... now in hebrew, please ::) ;D Quote
TK. Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 eveybody knows wingdings is the best coding font...Yes, especially when you are programming in WhitespaceBest Regards, Thorsten. Quote
bugfight Posted March 25, 2008 Report Posted March 25, 2008 ...Yes, especially when you are programming in Whitespace...lol, next we need midibox projects converted to brainf*ck Quote
Wilba Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Posted March 26, 2008 I found my favorite one here: http://www.lowing.org/fonts/Which one though?I admit "best" is subjective... fixed6x13 is just my favourite, and I've coded with a lot of those other terminal fonts back in the good old days of vi (btw no, I do not have a big bushy beard) and discovered the obvious... small font means more lines per screen, more lines per screen means greater context, less scrolling, easier to edit large chunks, etc. Quote
nILS Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 ...and I've realized that I'd rather have a few lines less of my (extremely tidy ;-)) source code on the screen for the sake of not killing my eyes ;D Quote
bugfight Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 clearly a professional programmers job is not to make it easy on himself, but rather hard for the next programmer to understand his code. (or so i have found when being the next guy) Quote
Wilba Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Posted March 26, 2008 ...and I've realized that I'd rather have a few lines less of my (extremely tidy ;-)) source code on the screen for the sake of not killing my eyes ;DYou need a larger monitor. Or glasses. Or both. :P Quote
/tilted/ Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 Speaking of eyes, and of not hurting them...Does anyone else here prefer coding on a black background?I miss my old IIe... Quote
nILS Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 You need a larger monitor. Or glasses. Or both. :PNope, eyes are good (cuz I'm using bigger fonts ;)) and the monitors are big enough as well ;)Does anyone else here prefer coding on a black background?Yes, absolutely - see attached screenshot. Quote
stryd_one Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 Which one though?I admit "best" is subjective... fixed6x13 is just my favourite, and I've coded with a lot of those other terminal fonts back in the good old days of vi Well it is mostly subjective but I do really like his criteria for a "good" font. His rankings were fairly much as I would have put them, with a few exceptions... He hasn't ranked GwdTE_437 or DPCustomMono2 which are both quite good.(btw no, I do not have a big bushy beard) What are you trying to say man? ;D Quote
stryd_one Posted April 5, 2008 Report Posted April 5, 2008 FWIW... I settled on Consolas.This page was about the most accurate roundup in my opinion: Visual Basic Feng Shui - Fonts Quote
nILS Posted April 7, 2008 Report Posted April 7, 2008 Funny how reading "Feng Shui" made me *not* click the link :-) Quote
Wilba Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Posted April 7, 2008 Funny how reading "Visual Basic" made me *not* click the link :-) Quote
stryd_one Posted April 7, 2008 Report Posted April 7, 2008 OK I see the VB hatred (lord I'm glad I canned that career path!) But what's wrong with feng shui? Especially with your interest in web design it should be a subject which is of great importance to you! Quote
nILS Posted April 7, 2008 Report Posted April 7, 2008 Funny how seeing it came from stryd_one made me *not* click the link :-)*whack* Quote
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