Fonts for Programmers

May 12, 2005

Courier New is the standard monospace fixed width font used by programmers. If your looking to try something new, I just found a list of fonts for programmers. Right now I'm trying out Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. Here's an example:

If your using Eclipse, you can change the default font by going to Window - Preferences - General - Colors and Fonts then under Basic select Text Font, and hit the Change button.

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On 05/12/2005 at 3:25:01 PM EDT bob wrote:

I've always liked this one...

http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/

On 05/12/2005 at 3:46:25 PM EDT Emanuel Costa wrote:

I like the font Andale Mono a lot! It is perfect for me!

On 05/12/2005 at 4:43:12 PM EDT dopelogik wrote:

I always use these. I think they are great.

http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download

On 05/12/2005 at 5:21:09 PM EDT Mike Rankin wrote:

I prefer Andale Mono at 10pt on 1600x1200. (http://mrmx.blogspot.com/2005/02/best-editor-font.html)

I just wish that Dreamweaver would respect the font width with bold type. That one just baffles me.

On 05/12/2005 at 8:54:38 PM EDT Ali Awan wrote:

Too bad that font is not in a Windows compatible format :(

Otherwise thanks, they have a bunch of great alternatives listed on their site.

On 05/13/2005 at 11:28:52 AM EDT andy makely wrote:

Do a search on ProFont. It's another great code font. Very readable.

On 05/13/2005 at 11:42:42 AM EDT Douglas Knudsen wrote:

http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download

yes, proggy clean with zero slashed, totally um rawks

On 05/13/2005 at 11:50:26 AM EDT Eric Moritz wrote:

That's crazy, I noticed the bitstream font set and A just set it in my windows appearance settings and wednesday. It looks so much nicer with the antialiasing and all

On 07/21/2005 at 5:46:45 PM EDT Tony Brandner wrote:

Great link... very helpful. Can't wait to try 'em out.

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