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From: James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:39:43 +1000
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Operating systems where programmers get to make decisions generally
> don't have this problem :-) Using GNOME on Debian, the default Monospace
> font has underscores which show as distinct characters separated by a
> small gap.

On my desktop at home which runs CRUX (http://crux.nu) I use
the Terminius (1) fonts which I installed myself.

I find this font especially nice for both Terminals and Editing code.

cheers
James

1. http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/

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