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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I've always liked this one... http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/

by bob on 05/12/2005 at 1:25:01 PM UTC

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

by Emanuel Costa on 05/12/2005 at 1:46:25 PM UTC

I always use these. I think they are great. http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download

by dopelogik on 05/12/2005 at 2:43:12 PM UTC

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.

by Mike Rankin on 05/12/2005 at 3:21:09 PM UTC

Too bad that font is not in a Windows compatible format :( Otherwise thanks, they have a bunch of great alternatives listed on their site.

by Ali Awan on 05/12/2005 at 6:54:38 PM UTC

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

by andy makely on 05/13/2005 at 9:28:52 AM UTC

http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download yes, proggy clean with zero slashed, totally um rawks

by Douglas Knudsen on 05/13/2005 at 9:42:42 AM UTC

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

by Eric Moritz on 05/13/2005 at 9:50:26 AM UTC