Re: Re: What font/size do you use for programming?

At 9:40 AM -0500 7/10/08, Philip Thompson wrote:

On Jul 10, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Peter Ford wrote:

I'm using Lucida Sans for code these days - I finally figured that it didn't really have to be a fixed-width font, since I couldn't find one that wasn't ugly.

Are you sure you're a *coder*? =D I've looked at some code in a non fixed-width font before and it hurt my eyes! I bet you use tabs instead of spaces too. ;) ~Phil

~Phil: As I wrote to Ted off-list. A fixed width is not easier for me. After years of being forced to use a command, light on dark, and one font, it's a relief to pick what I want. All my correspondence, email, notes, and coding is done in one font. The only time I change fonts is in final formal-presentations/publications and web sites. For me, consistency between me and the computer screen is paramount in all my writing, including coding. I don't want to see the same word presented differently based upon what application I'm using. As far as alignment of brackets and whatnot, I have absolutely no problem with the weird-ass style I use, which I use for ALL languages, namely: php/javascript whatever() { whatever; } and html <whatever> whatever </whatever> and css .whatever { whatever: whatever; } and whatever else (i.e., actionscript, perl, c, c++, FB, and more than I want to remember). A tab is consistent regardless of the type of font you use. I could not imagine putting spaces in my code when tabs work exceedingly well. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com