Comments on: Sans-serif fonts for coding http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding ... master of none Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fird http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding/comment-page-1#comment-3981 Fird Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:20:55 +0000 http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding#comment-3981 DejaVu Sans does the job for me :) DejaVu Sans does the job for me

]]> By: beza1e1 http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding/comment-page-1#comment-1413 beza1e1 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:48:46 +0000 http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding#comment-1413 I use DejaVu sans when coding in DrScheme. Since scheme has fewer syntax chars than most programming languages, it reads quite nicely. I use DejaVu sans when coding in DrScheme. Since scheme has fewer syntax chars than most programming languages, it reads quite nicely.

]]> By: J. Daniel Smith http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding/comment-page-1#comment-1396 J. Daniel Smith Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:56:16 +0000 http://porg.es/blog/sans-serif-fonts-for-coding#comment-1396 I also use a sans-serif non-monospaced font for coding; Verdana in VS2003 and Tahoma in VS2005. The reason? It makes my code read more like text, rather than code; and the various text fonts tend to be more readable than Courier. As for lining things up: TABs (instead of spaces) work fine. I also use a sans-serif non-monospaced font for coding; Verdana in VS2003 and Tahoma in VS2005.

The reason? It makes my code read more like text, rather than code; and the various text fonts tend to be more readable than Courier.

As for lining things up: TABs (instead of spaces) work fine.

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