Yup, it’s been at least six months since we’ve had a good “which is the best font for coding?” discussion. Having just settled into a new job, gotten all the software installed, pics of family strewn about, etc., I can get down to the details of what font I want to code in. It’s been a while since I had to set it up, so I forgot what I was using. I found this great post over at Coding Horror that makes it pretty easy to choose.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000157.html
I recalled that my favorite was Andale Mono. Installed that, and I’m good to go. Feel free to suggest any that aren’t listed there.
Yep. Same. Andale (8pt).
Has anyone noticed that Andale Mono (8pt) in the Flex Builder 2 Beta is not as small as it is in the Dreamweaver or Flash 8 IDEs?
Does anyone know why or how to fix it? I need my code density!
I think I like Courier New 9 point.:)
Using Andale Mono since ages for coding! Everytime I see Courier as a source editing font I get skin rash (Serifs belong on paper, not on screen!)! 😉
I’m still with Courier New 9pt. But I’ll give Andale Mono a try at work with cleartype.
Someone was passing the new MS Vista fonts around and I’ve been using 12pt Consolas for the last month or so and its very easy on the eyes.
here´s another link
http://www.lowing.org/fonts/
I’m a big fan of Monaco 11pt, but that’s probably because I’m a Mac user using pretty high resolution screens, and well, I am used to it. It scales well and the (i) character has serifs. 🙂
I like Wingdings 30pt: http://www.printedexistence.com/vampirefreaks/faq/wingdings.gif