Comments on: Best Programming Fonts for Easy Coding and Readability

By: joe

joe — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:43:25 +0000

went through nearly all of these fonts, including some of the more exotic ones..

in the end, liberation mono, as rendered through OS X’s font engine, came out above the rest.

it’s worth a serious look.

By: wind

wind — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:57:39 +0000

WOW!
Anonymous is so good!
Thank you share!

By: Shashank

Shashank — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:04:15 +0000

I’ve tried Proggy etc. Then, for a while, Monaco which is available on Macs, which looks great with antialiasing in ClearType on Windows.

But I have now finally settled for “Deja Vu Sans” and it’s mono type fonts. This is the default code font in Ubuntu, and it’s so fantastic that it’s my default font in Windows too.

By: Mark W

Mark W — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:47:42 +0000

scrod, another indication that someone doesn’t work in software development is when they say “all the codes they tweak” instead of “all the codes we tweak.” :P

On the font front, I’m using Consolas now but I’m Pragmata-curious. Seriously thinking of rolling my own damn font one day. I want clear, readable, and small in both dimensions!

By: Damien Guard

Damien Guard — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:23:40 +0000

Check out my Envy Code R font - it's designed for 10 point but is properly scalable and takes advantage of ClearType. Includes italic, bold and a hack to let the italic work within Visual Studio. [)amien

By: QuickOnlineTips

QuickOnlineTips — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:22:56 +0000

Thanks Scrod. Well now you know I am not working in software development. ;-)

By: scrod

scrod — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:14:17 +0000

There is a simple test to determine who works in software development and who doesn’t. It’s in the use of the word “code” or “coding” to refer to writing software. Those who aren’t close to the industry have trouble with the usage of that word. One gives himself away usually with a usage like “all the codes they tweak.”

Code is never pluralized. It’s a dead giveaway to anywone who isn’t a programmer. You should say all the code they have to stare at. (“Tweaking code” is a bit weak too.)