Re: Code typeface

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I hadn't seen that, but then I haven't had to add code samples to my
documents in ... a really long time?

Just avoid TrueType Fonts, at least if you're using Adobe. I don't know if
Microsoft is also, but Adobe is dropping support for TTF.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:40 PM Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Thanks, Lin.
>
> I read someplace not that long ago that the world has moved away from
> Courier New... hence my question.
>
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> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:37 PM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> And if you want a LOT of choices, try here:
>>
>> https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/30040/Font-Survey-42-of-the-Best-Monospaced-Programming
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:33 PM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, and Consolas. I forgot about that. Usually installed standard with
>>> Windows, and it *does *use a slashed 0.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:32 PM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Usually, just Courier New. I don't like it much because the zero and
>>>> the capital O look too much alike for my tastes.
>>>>
>>>> Given a choice, I'll usually use Source Code Pro for code. It's a
>>>> monospaced font and the zero has a dot in the middle of it, and it's free.
>>>> I'd like a slash better than a dot, but it can be hard to find a font that
>>>> does that these days. :(
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 2:43 PM Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Which typeface do you see most often today to distinguish code from
>>>>> body
>>>>> copy?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Morton
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