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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
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34679.1 
What typeface do you use for coding?

Assuming you've actually chosen a font in whatever editor you use, rather than leaving it on default, because that would make for a boring thread.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.2 In reply to 34679.1 
Monaco. Which I think may be default, but I likes it.

some things never change
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 From:  Mikee  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.3 In reply to 34679.1 
Courier New ftw!



[Mwah]
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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.4 In reply to 34679.1 
Wingdings, because I /like/ a challenge :C


69, also known by its French name soixante-neuf (sixty-nine), is a sexual activity. In this position, two people orient themselves such that each person's mouth is near the other's genitals, simultaneously performing oral sex. This position can be performed in opposite-sex or same-sex pairings.
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 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.5 In reply to 34679.1 
Consolas.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, I don't wonder what you are:
You're the cooling down of gases, forming into solid masses.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)     
34679.6 In reply to 34679.5 
I knew you'd say that.

It's one of Microsoft's evil new fonts that looks absolutely shit on everything except Vista/ClearType.


Consolas in spanish is as close as it gets to the "masturbate" verb inflection (specially for women, where there's even the "consolador" device - a.k.a. dildo). Although according to some that would pretty much describe the sensation of using it, I doubt that was the idea behind the name


Heh.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  koswix     
34679.7 In reply to 34679.4 
Pffft. Easy. If you want a real challenge, use this.
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Message 34679.8 deleted 24 May 2015 12:19 by 53NORTH

 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.9 In reply to 34679.6 
evil awesome

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, I don't wonder what you are:
You're the cooling down of gases, forming into solid masses.
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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.10 In reply to 34679.6 

I use Consolas too, and it doesn't look shit. It is a very functional font for coding, even at size 9 or 10.

 

I'm on XP, too, using ClearType.

Caer
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  af (CAER)     
34679.11 In reply to 34679.10 
Nooooo! Don't follow the dark side! :'(


I code at size 8.
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.12 In reply to 34679.1 
Comic Sans of course.

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 From:  JonCooper  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
34679.13 In reply to 34679.12 
I have IE set to default to Comic Sans - just to be contrary

Jon
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  JonCooper     
34679.14 In reply to 34679.13 
(giggle)

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 From:  THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.15 In reply to 34679.11 
quote:
I code at size 8.

That's because you don't eat properly.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, I don't wonder what you are:
You're the cooling down of gases, forming into solid masses.
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 From:  Matt  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.16 In reply to 34679.1 
Plain old vanilla Courier, 10pt. Does me fine.

doohicky

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 From:  Mal (BAD)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
34679.17 In reply to 34679.1 
Consolas is the best coding font I've found by far.
back in a flash! and as dangerous as ever...
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Mal (BAD)     
34679.18 In reply to 34679.17 
What makes it so spectacular? It's just a typeface, after all. As long as it's easy to read, isn't that all that matters?

some things never change
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 From:  af (CAER)  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
34679.19 In reply to 34679.18 
I think that's the point - it is easy to read, moreso than Courier New or Lucida Console.
Caer
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 From:  Mal (BAD)  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
34679.20 In reply to 34679.18 
Features I look for include:
  • Easy to read on screen
  • Similar letters like O, 0 and o and l, I, 1 have to be easily distinguishable.
  • Good, distinctive punctuation eg square/round/curly brackets, commas, full stops etc.
  • Attractive, because I like good typography

And it has to maintain these characterstics in normal, bold and italic variants. So far, Consolas is my favourite but prior to that I tried things like Courier New, Monospace etc but they're not as nice. I find Courier's serifs make things look a bit fussy, Monospace managed to look good at one font size and looked fairly ugly at others etc.

Some programmers seem to value getting the maximum lines of code on screen, but I'm not that fussed myself.

And then you get things like the so called 'ultimate programmers font', Profont, which is about as fugly and unreadable as these things get, so yeah - whatever works for you really.
back in a flash! and as dangerous as ever...
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