Comments on: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is a Sweet Programming Font

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:53:27 +0000

Hi there, Andrew! Maybe part of its popularity is that perhaps Courier holds up better on displays which don’t have antialiasing available at smaller font sizes (?).

By: Andrew Dupont

Andrew Dupont — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:57:02 +0000

I vacillate between Monaco and Bistream Vera Sans Mono, both on my iBook at home and on my Windows machine at work. (Somehow I was able to find a TrueType version of Monaco.) Lucida Console is a nice fallback when I’m working on someone else’s Windows machine.

I’ve never understood why Courier, or any other serif monospace font, is so popular. In my experience, the serifs make the code damn near unreadable, especially at low sizes.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:30:22 +0000

Josh: Profont isn’t a bad font and it certainly has several programmer-friendly features. However, it’s a bit sterile for my tastes and I wasn’t really able to get used to it :-/.

By: Josh M

Josh M — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:01:00 +0000

Whatever happened to ProFont?

http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/

I thought that was the gold standard? Slashed zero, visible at 9 pt on my 1400×1050 monitor. PCF and True-type versions.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:38:35 +0000

Hi Jason! Indeed, the Vera fonts are a hidden treasure among free fonts — I only wish I had discovered them sooner.

And I was hoping I could make it on Sunday, but it didn’t work out. I’ve got my fingers crossed for next time.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:01:01 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been using that font (actually all the Bistream Vera fonts) pretty much exclusively for the past few years. It makes it easier that I’m on Linux and Vera fonts ship with most Linux distros. But I like them so much I think I’d use them even if I were on another OS.

Sorry we missed you Sunday evening.