Re: Code typeface

Subject: Re: Code typeface
From: Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:51:30 -0400

Whoops. TTF is old. They're dropping support for Type 1 fonts in the near
future. Sheesh.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:50 PM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> Chris Morton
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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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