Re: Code typeface

[Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>]

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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