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Best Coding Font Ever


Wilba

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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.html

MiscFixedSC613

MiscFixedBC613

Be sure to use it at 9 point and for pixel-perfect clarity, turn off ClearType.  ;D

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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.

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You need a larger monitor. Or glasses. Or both.  :P

Nope, 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.

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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

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