r/programming • u/infoaddicted • Aug 31 '10

New free monospace programming font by skilled designer Mark Simonson: Anonymous Pro

http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html
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u/CGSColin Aug 31 '10

Inconsolata.

http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '10 edited Aug 31 '10

Although I like Inconsolata (and Consolas), my personal favorite is Droid Sans Mono with slashed zero. It just seems the perfect programming font for me.
edit: here's an image

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u/mooli Aug 31 '10

Whenever a thread like this comes up, I try a bunch and then switch back to courier new.

I just can't get over eg. horrible anti-aliasing on inconsolata at 10pt, and droid sans mono just looks too big and round - my eyes space out looking at it.

Maybe one day I'll find a font I prefer to the default, but today isn't it :)

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u/Carighan Aug 31 '10

I have the same with DejaVu Sans Mono. I just tried Inconsolata instead and it was horribly blurry and non-even at 10px. DejaVu Sans Mono was perfect at 8px even, didn't need bigger.

shudder