What's a the best small font for eclipse?

Question

The default Courier New 10pt is larger than necessary for me. However, using that font at 8pt does not look very good.

Are there better choices for a more readable, very small (e.g., 8pt) font for eclipse?

Answer 1

First hit on google:

Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts

Answer 2

If running on Windows, you may give Microsoft Consolas a shot (included in Vista or later, and available as a separate download). I use it everywhere.

Answer 3

Check out Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts. It addresses many important aspects for using a font with programming.

Answer 4

There was a similar topic on programming fonts here on Stack Overflow.

Answer 5

I definitely second the suggestion for Consolas font on Windows. On Windows, I love it.

Answer 6

I'm a huge fan of Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, which I use at 9pt.

It's available here: http://www.gnome.org/fonts/

Answer 7

The Dina Programming font. http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Jibz/Dina/

Specifically designed for small sizes, and differentiating between Capital Oh and zero, as well as Capital I, lower-case l and the number 1.

It's all fixed spaced.

It's awesome, and I use it for all my programming related apps.

Answer 8

I've been ussing the Proggy Fonts. They are great for coding, and very compact.

http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download