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Font Wars

Don't tell me your programs are written in Courier New! Well..at least you got one thing right; you're using a monospaced font! I've seen people use Arial. Shudder. Not pretty.

An inordinate amount of time of time has been spent by programmers looking for the one perfect programming font - the one font that doesn't jar your sensibilities, soothes your eyes and makes code flow.

I like two.

The first is the short and sweet Dina.

The second is a mouthful, BitStream Vera Sans Mono.

Get the zip files and if you are using Windows XP, then unzip the fonts to:
C:\WINDOWS\Fonts

I find these two to be very good for programming. I prefer my fonts to be nice and sharp and hence I don't use Clear Type. Ofcourse YMMV.

Enjoy!

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Jul 12, 2008
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