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Fonts to code by

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I've recently switched my default Flex Builder font to Consolas, and so far I'm really happy with it. To me, it seems a lot clearer to read than Courier. The only caveat is that you have to enable ClearType on windows or else it looks like crap (Display Settings -> Appearance tab -> Effects.. -> Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts.)

Consolas snapshot

Update: This font isn't available as a separate download, but it comes as part of MS PowerPoint Viewer 2007, available here.

Whats your favourite coding font?

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5 Responses to “Fonts to code by”

  1. Keith Peters Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    Always a good topic!

    http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=784

  2. Jan Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    Wow - thanks for this link. I'm a sucker for the right coding font too... ;-)
    I've been using Bitstream Vera Sans Mono and sometimes Monaco - but having seen/tried Consolas, I think this one's here to stay.

  3. Giancarlo Gomez Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 11:09 pm

    Hello Ash,

    I particularly like Andale Mono, I have it on my Mac, but I believe it is also available on windows.

    http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/andale_mono.html

  4. Peter Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    Have to agree that Andale is a nice smooth font. Nice code, very useful thanks.

  5. Panta Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    ProggyCleanTTSZ !!! :cool:

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