Top 10 Programming Fonts

[sygeek]

Top 10 Programming Fonts

Must try list for hardcore programmers. The font is the most important of a programmer's life and the guy over at HiveLogic came up with an amazing list of fonts descending their geekness. Although this list is based according to the preferences of most of the programmers (or so I think), some may not like it (if you don't, please don't piss me off).


10. Courier

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9. Andale Mono

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8. Monaco

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7. Profont

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6. Monofur

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5. Proggy

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4. Droid Sans Mono

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*hivelogic.com/images/u/droid-sans-mono.png

3. Deja Vu Sans Mono

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*hivelogic.com/images/u/deja-vu-sans-mono.png

2. Consolas

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1. Inconsolata

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[doomgiver]

+1 for droid sans mono and anadale mono.

who the heck would use a font as ugly as monofur and monaco? those two are suited more for typography rather than programming.

 

[krishnandu.sarkar]

I think Deja Vu Sans Mono is the font we see in Ubuntu(Maybe, not sure).

Andale Mono looks nice.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Should have been posted in Programming section.

I like the default Mono font in Ubuntu. Clear and clean.

 

[sygeek]

^I thought I posted in the programmings section :S Mods please move the thread.

 

[Vyom]

Nice collection of fonts. TFS.

But I don't think the article does justice with the words, "ascending their geekness".

So I made my own list, of Top 4 Programming Fonts in increasing order of their Geekiness...

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[sygeek]

^lol that was my word . Nice fonts btw.

 

[Vyom]

^^ Thanks. But I really like "Calibri" also, too much, the default font of Windows 7 text editors. And MS-Office of 2007 onwards.

 

[sygeek]

^Changed ascending to descending. I've always been confused between the two.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

^^ Thanks. But I really like "Calibri" also, too much, the default font of Windows 7 text editors. And MS-Office of 2007 onwards.

Calibri rocks as a document font but it is Sans-Serif which always suck for programming.

And can you put the pics in

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tags. Thanks.

 

[Vyom]

^^ Request accepted.
And so what sucks as a document font, and rocks as programming?

 

[doomgiver]

readability, serifs, spacing

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

i'm not so picky about my programming font , but it has to be legible
anyway good collection....

btw, moved to programming

 

[Liverpool_fan]

^^ Request accepted.
And so what sucks as a document font, and rocks as programming?

Monospaced fonts are not exactly suitable for documents are they? However with their equal width quality they are perfect for programming.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Bit of work to do here, but Ubuntu moving from Bitstream/Deja Vu Mono to their own Mono variant. Looks quite awesome, needs some improvement though.

Ubuntu font ‘monospace’ variant hits Ubuntu font testing PPA

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[sygeek]

^ Is the font available for public download?

 

[Liverpool_fan]

^ Is the font available for public download?

Currently for Beta Testing. Not yet public.