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A better programmer’s font

For years I’ve used Courier New or whatever font my IDE chose for me. On a whim, I decided to search for a better programmer’s font; one that’s not only is easier on the eyes, but is more compact and efficient. I think I’ve found it: ProggyFonts

The Proggy font collection is composed of several free monospaced fonts designed for programmers, and emphasizes what hackers really want: easy readability and concise presentation. It’s so much better than what I was using this morning that I can’t believe I lived with Courier for so long.

I know it’s probably a sign of deep rooted psychological instability to get this excited over a font, but I can’t help it! Yay!

Posted on October 30th, 2007 by plusbryan
Filed under: Development

11 Responses to “A better programmer’s font”

  1. Drew Houston, on October 30th, 2007 at 9:28 pm Said:

    consolas baby :)

    free download from MS (don’t have a link on hand but it’s googlable)

    drew

  2. Toji, on October 30th, 2007 at 9:29 pm Said:

    Thank you. I am also psychologically instable!

  3. Dan, on October 30th, 2007 at 10:04 pm Said:

    Awesome. I know it is just a font, but I forgot what difference a font can make on readability!

  4. Warren Henning, on October 30th, 2007 at 10:16 pm Said:

    See also ProFont (http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/), which I started using when I was stuck on a 15″ CRT. I still use it even though I have dual 22″ monitors.

  5. Rio, on October 31st, 2007 at 12:48 am Said:

    Consolas from M$ is really cool on LCD with ClearType on. Provided that you can accept M$, of coz :)

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  7. Ethan Herdrick, on October 31st, 2007 at 5:09 am Said:

    Hey Bryan - which Proggy font do you like?

    Drew - looks like you need to have Visual Studio installed to download Consolas.

    -Ethan

  8. plusbryan, on October 31st, 2007 at 9:49 am Said:

    Ethan,
    I’m using Proggy Clean.

  9. sanj, on October 31st, 2007 at 10:37 am Said:

    I’ve always like the 9pt font in X.

    So I recreated it for my Mac.

    sanj

  10. Gabor Cselle, on October 31st, 2007 at 8:22 pm Said:

    I use Andale Mono 9pt on the Xobni 24″ monitor (the central one).

    It’s treating me well.

    It’s interesting how excited people can get about a font.

    Gabor

  11. Frank, on November 2nd, 2007 at 5:17 pm Said:

    I’m a big fan of Bitstream Vera Sans Mono at around 12pt.

    I used to like ProFont 9pt, but it’s a little small for my aging eyes and doesn’t anti-alias well.

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