Is there a version of Fixed 6x13 bitmap font with less whitespace (line spacing 0.8)?

Question

I think the fixed 6x13 font, FixedMedium6x13.dfont, the default in X11, is the best programming font. All the others that people gush about (Consolas, Inconsolata, Proggy, Monaco) just aren't as compact (without sacrificing readability). Or maybe I just like it. For the purposes of this question, assume we want nothing less than the X11 fixed 6x13 experience.

In Terminal.app you can choose that font at size 13 and line spacing 0.8 and it matches the standard X11 font (the one xterms, for example, use by default) perfectly.

My problem is the line spacing of 0.8. Eclipse, for example, doesn't support changing the line spacing. (Does your favorite editor support this? TextMate? Aquamacs?)

So I'm hoping someone somewhere has made a version of 6x13 with less whitespace so that the line spacing doesn't have to be changed. Have you? Perhaps that's easy to do with FontForge and I may resort to trying that if necessary. If a 500 point bounty would motivate you to do it, say the word and you're on!

Related questions and links:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/379682/font-for-mac-osx-that-is-as-readable-and
• http://monkey.org/~marius/beautiful-fixed-width-fonts-for-osx.html
• http://www.ccheever.com/blog/?p=135
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/623748/how-do-i-get-my-emacs-to-always-use-6x13-on-x11
• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/10/revisiting-programming-fonts.html

Answer 1

Do not tempt the Font gods on this issue - Eclipse on Mac is a text-rendering abomination and should not be subject to fixed-width fonts. Step away from the Font Preferences page.

j/k. Have not tried but might work well for you: http://eclim.org/