I saw this post about a Top 10 list of programming fonts that might be of interest to other programmers. The comments offer a few more good suggests, too. I checked them out, but still use anti-aliased 12pt Monaco.
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May 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono!
May 18th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
The only trouble I have fonts like monaco and inconsolata is that they do not have built in support for italic/bold. Yes you can fake this with some editors…but not all.
I like consolas, but it unfortunately does not meet one of the most important rules that a great programming font should have: a *clear* distinction between the number 1 and the lower case letter L. Yes they are slightly different, but are too close for my personal taste.
I really spent quite some time a while ago figuring out which font works best for my needs and I ended up with DejaVu Sans Mono. I haven’t been able to find a better programming font.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I use Bitstream Vera Mono as the code font for my book.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I do have a soft spot in my heart for Monaco — I remember using it 15 yr ago to code Fortran 77 with BBEdit.
June 12th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I’ve starting using Anonymous Pro for some things (my terminal window, but not my editor yet). It’s free and comes with italic/bold versions.
I found Anonymous Pro when doing some research about the switch in Mac OS X “Snow Leopard” from Monaco to Menlo, a font based on DejaVu Sans Mono.