Re: Coder friendly font

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Coder friendly font
Date	2015-09-21 20:20 +0200
Message-ID	<qbdQZ-60I-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<qbdxD-5p1-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <qbcie-3Gm-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <qbcrV-3RU-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <qbdxD-5p1-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	less than infinite

Show all headers | View raw

Joe Pfeiffer composed on 2015-09-21 11:38 (UTC-0600):

> rlharris@oplink.net writes:

>> Regarding disambiguity, Courier is one of the best fonts; likewise Times
>> Roman.  The only problem with Times Roman with respect to coding is that
>> it is not fixed-width.

> And courier is downright ugly.

Well put, and one of the earliest reasons for disliking Windows.

http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/Font/fonts-face-samplesM.html and
http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/Font/fonts-comps-linuxmono.html provide ways to
compare some common monospace fonts.
-- 
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!

Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/

Thread

Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 18:40 +0200
  Re: Coder friendly font rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-21 18:50 +0200
    Re: Coder friendly font Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 19:00 +0200
      Re: Coder friendly font Tyler D <tdowg1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 19:30 +0200
    Re: Coder friendly font Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-09-21 19:20 +0200
      Re: Coder friendly font Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 20:00 +0200
        Re: Coder friendly font Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2015-09-21 20:30 +0200
          Re: Coder friendly font David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-21 21:20 +0200
        Re: Coder friendly font Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2015-09-21 20:30 +0200
    Re: Coder friendly font Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-09-21 20:00 +0200
      Re: Coder friendly font Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-09-21 20:20 +0200
        Re: Coder friendly font Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-09-21 20:40 +0200
          Re: Coder friendly font Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2015-09-21 21:40 +0200
  Re: Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 18:50 +0200
  Re: Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-09-21 20:00 +0200
    Re: Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-21 21:40 +0200
      Re: Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-09-22 00:10 +0200
        Re: Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-22 07:00 +0200
  Re: Coder friendly font Anonymous Pro (ttf-anonymous-pro) Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2015-09-22 04:30 +0200

csiph-web