Best font for coding

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Recommended Fonts for Programming?

What font do you use when writing code?

Specifically, this font should be:

• Freely available
• Easily installable on multiple platforms (Linux, Mac, Win, etc.)
• Easily installable on multiple platforms (emacs, Eclipse, vim, TextMate)

I currently use Lucida Typewriter, Bold, Size 12.

Answer 1

I like Consolas a lot. This top-10 list is a good resource for others. It includes examples and descriptions.

Answer 2

Funny, I was just researching this yesterday!

I personally use Monaco 10 or 11 for the Mac, but a good cross platform font would have to be Droid Sans Mono: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/droid-sans-mono-great-coding-font Or DejaVu sans mono is another great one (goes under a lot of different names, will be Menlo on SNow leopard and is really just a repackaged Prima/Vera) check it out here: Prima/Vera... Check it out here: http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download

Answer 3

Inconsolata (http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html) is a great monospaced font for programming. Earlier versions tend to act weird on OS X, but the newer versions work out very well.