For an evaluation of programmer fonts see http://www.lowing.org/ fonts/ Another list can be found here: http://wiki.macromates.com/Main/AlternativeFonts The latter list, for example includes http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymous.html which looks nice too.
Good list, thanks.
The default font should be sensible and generally acceptable, but since everyone can change that and choose their own favourite font from those available in their operating system, does it really matter what the default is?
No the default should be free and good. Because most of the people will not change it and this is what we see first.
Note that it is possible to set each default to be a list of fonts, and whichever is found first will be used. e.g.
Preferences setListFontTo: (LogicalFont familyName: 'Monaco' fallbackFamilyNames: #('Segoe UI'. 'Helvetica'. 'Accuny') pointSize: 8)
On Sep 22, 2008, at 23:34 , Andrew Tween wrote:
"Matthew Fulmer" <tapplek@gmail.com> wrote in message news:20080922205627.GJ20335@tacobell ...
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:38:48PM +0200, Marcus Denker wrote:
Here is a Demo with TrueType fonts and Polymorph installed (only tested on Mac).
I don't know about you, but whatever font is being used in that image is really ugly. It is grey instead of black, and hence lowers contrast a bit of the text in the image. Or maybe it is too thin, and the AA is being clever and making it grey.
It is a direct copy of Bitstream Vera Sans, renamed as Squeak Sans, and with the embedding flags changed to enable it to be legally embedded in an application. The license for the Bitstream fonts allows them to be altered in any way, so long as the name is changed.
Try experimenting with the preferences; i.e. contrast, hinting mode.
If you find a font that you like, then please post the name of the font and a screenshot. There may be a similar free font that can be used instead.
Cheers, Andy
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