Re: Coder friendly font

From	Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Coder friendly font
Date	2015-09-21 20:00 +0200
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rlharris@oplink.net writes:

> On Mon, September 21, 2015 11:33 am, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
>> a font called "Anonymous Pro" that is billed as a "fixed width sans serif
>> font designed for coders".
>> Further description is: "Anonymous Pro (2009) is a family of four
>> fixed-width fonts designed  especially with coding in mind. Characters
>> that
>> could be mistaken for  one another (O, 0, I, l, 1, etc.) have distinct
>> shapes to make them  easier to tell apart in the context of source code."
>
> 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.

> Sans-serif is not a desirable attribute, except for certain applications
> such as newspaper headlines.  Studies have shown that serif fonts are more
> readable and less fatiguing, because the serifs of a letter or numeral
> convey much information.

It may be billed as sans serif, but there are a number of characters in
the font that do indeed have serifs.

> But Americans crave novelty, so there always is a market for the
> "different" when it is claimed to be "new" and "improved".

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

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