Best IDE Font

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Joerg B. (Posted 2010) [#1]

Hi everyone, what do you think would be the best font to use with the BlitzMax IDE? I'm using courier new and tried some others, but I think there are fonts, that are clearer to read and perhaps especially made for programming? Thanks for your help! Joerg

Arowx (Posted 2010) [#2]

I like using consolas more modern.

grable (Posted 2010) [#3]

Im using ProggyClean, with the TTSZBP variant for clarity. As im still on a CRT, most of the "cool" monospaced fonts have really low readability :(

plash (Posted 2010) [#4]

Lucida Console.

SebHoll (Posted 2010) [#5]

Definitely 'Consolas', by a lonnggg way.

ImaginaryHuman (Posted 2010) [#6]

On the mac I'm using Optima Regular 16pt.

xlsior (Posted 2010) [#7]

Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. Clean, crisp, and it's very easy to tell apart things like '1','l','I', or 'O' and '0'

Matthew Smith (Posted 2010) [#8]

Consolas rules the roost for me too. If you don't have it, Microsoft released a download for it a few years ago.

dmaz (Posted 2010) [#9]

Consolas... so much that I copied it to my mac as well.

Zethrax (Posted 2010) [#10]

Personally, I find the Blitz font that comes with the Blitz3D IDE the easiest to read.

plash (Posted 2010) [#11]

Woo, just tried out Consolas, it surely is a great font.

Joerg B. (Posted 2010) [#12]

Thanks for your help. Great fonts! Few years ago, I used the Andale Mono font (looks a bit like the Vera Sans). It was on a CD I think, but now it seems to be commercial...

Blue Steel (Posted 2010) [#13]

Consolas (14 bold) here too .. its monospace and even still has the line through the 0(zero) for easier reading. about the only thing i don't really like aboutit (reeeally just being picky now) is the ~ is down across the middle instead of at the top of the character space like on old computers i used to use many years ago. oh.. and the old ansi PC graphics chars i miss them too