Re: Code typeface

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

And TTF has been superseded by OTF.

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On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:51 PM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> 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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