As far as coding goes, I’m used to using 8×13 in Emacs, since it’ll let me fit two windows with 115 lines of 155 characters each on my Samsung 305T. This is important to me because it lets me see a lot of code at once, and the less moving around I have to do the more productive I am. However, there’s no question that this is an ugly font:
Since I’m using Emacs 23 anyways, I’d much rather have an anti-aliased font, like, for instance Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10, as it’s much nicer looking and easier on the eyes. However, it’s also much taller, meaning I’m down to only 85 lines per screen:
I’m sure there are fonts out there that are both short and easy on the eyes (in addition, of course, to being fixed-width, having distinct glyphs for 0 and O, i, l, and 1, etc. etc. etc.), but I don’t know of any. Can someone help me out here, please? I’ll be your best friend…
April 27, 2008 at 6:43 am
http://ffffound.com/
April 27, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I use Lucida Console, but the difference between 0 and O is mediocre. Basically, the difference is that O is slightly shorter and slightly wider. If 0 had a dot in the middle, it would probably be a perfect font.
Andale Mono and Consolas are good too, but both are 10-15% taller than Lucida Console. I used to love OCR A Extended, but it’s size is a major drawback.
A question for you: do you use font smoothing? If so, which kind? Standard or Cleartype?