I was just looking around for something pleasing to the eye, but with the
crucial distinctions between 1 and l, O and 0.

I came across things like this:
http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts/

And was just wondering if anyone had a clear favorite.

(Also interested in nice typefaces for math symbols like that double-stroke
style used for "all real numbers", etc.

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Am 26.05.2017 um 19:06 schrieb Bald Eagle:
> I was just looking around for something pleasing to the eye, but with the
> crucial distinctions between 1 and l, O and 0.
> 
> I came across things like this:
> http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts/
> 
> And was just wondering if anyone had a clear favorite.
> 
> (Also interested in nice typefaces for math symbols like that double-stroke
> style used for "all real numbers", etc.

Consolas works nicely for me.


As for number set symbols, you don't necessarily need to look for a
special font for those - Unicode has dedicated codepoints set aside for
the common ones:

    U+2102  C  Complex Numbers
    U+210D  H
    U+2115  N  Natural Numbers
    U+2119  P
    U+211A  Q  Rational Numbers
    U+211D  R  Real Numbers
    U+2124  Z  Integer Numbers

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On 5/26/2017 1:36 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 26.05.2017 um 19:06 schrieb Bald Eagle:
>> I was just looking around for something pleasing to the eye, but with the
>> crucial distinctions between 1 and l, O and 0.
>>
>> I came across things like this:
>> http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts/
>>
>> And was just wondering if anyone had a clear favorite.
>>
>> (Also interested in nice typefaces for math symbols like that double-stroke
>> style used for "all real numbers", etc.
> 
> Consolas works nicely for me.
> 
> 
> As for number set symbols, you don't necessarily need to look for a
> special font for those - Unicode has dedicated codepoints set aside for
> the common ones:
> 
>      U+2102  C  Complex Numbers
>      U+210D  H
>      U+2115  N  Natural Numbers
>      U+2119  P
>      U+211A  Q  Rational Numbers
>      U+211D  R  Real Numbers
>      U+2124  Z  Integer Numbers
> 

I will try Consolas for a while starting now. So far I already miss 
Courier New. :(


Mike

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Am 29.05.2017 um 22:11 schrieb Mike Horvath:
> I will try Consolas for a while starting now. So far I already miss
> Courier New. :(

I don't at all(*). "Courier" is an old typewriter font, so it was
designed for good looks rather than easy distinguishing of similar
characters (many "Courier" font typewriters did not even have a
dedicated key for the digit "1", and presumably the lowercase letter "l"
was co-opted for this purpose). And while the computer-age
re-incarnations of the font have made sure all the ASCII characters
/can/ be distinguished from each other, the priority seems to have been
on remaining faithful to the original font, as they haven't exactly gone
out of their way to make that distinction at a quick glance.

In contrast, "Consolas" is (to the best of my knowledge) a newly
designed font, and its name alludes that it was created /specifically/
to be used in console windows, where distinguishing similar characters
quickly is of higher importance than good looks. For instance, by adding
a slash to the digit "0" they improved its distinction to the uppercase
letter "O"; and the distinction between the lowercase letter "l" and the
digit "1" was improved not only by increasing the angle of the digit's
top left bar, but also by increasing the height of all the lowercase
letters. In this manner, even a trailing lowercase letter "l" after a
number (e.g. "432l", indicating a "long integer" constant in C/C++)
isn't easily mistaken for another digit "1", even at a casual glance.


(*Besides, I still have "Courier New" on my machine, though I don't
recall whether it came with Windows 10 or MS Office 2016.)

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Am 2017-05-30 03:57, also sprach clipka:
> Am 29.05.2017 um 22:11 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>> I will try Consolas for a while starting now. So far I already miss
>> Courier New. :(
> 
> I don't at all(*).
Ok, I'm sold.  I've always used the default font because the last times 
I tried a "cool" font, it messed up somebody's measuring something 
somewhere.  But then, that may be 10 years ago, now... ;)

I would never write a 0 without a slash, yet I accept this in my code 
editor? (I wouldn't write a 7 without a dash either, why isn't this in a 
font?)

-- 
dik

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dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:

> I would never write a 0 without a slash, yet I accept this in my code
> editor? (I wouldn't write a 7 without a dash either, why isn't this in a
> font?)

I was just about to chime in about the 7...   :D
I've been writing letters and numbers in consciously differentiable form since
some time in high school.
And, while I spell some words like this: colour, I don't put a slash through my
Z - it's "Zee", not "Zed".   Zed's dead, baby.


I've been using Consolas for at least a year, I was just wondering if there was
something ... better, nicer, [insert your adjective describing subjective value
judgement here].

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On 30-5-2017 13:40, Bald Eagle wrote:
> dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
>
>> I would never write a 0 without a slash, yet I accept this in my code
>> editor? (I wouldn't write a 7 without a dash either, why isn't this in a
>> font?)
>
> I was just about to chime in about the 7...   :D
> I've been writing letters and numbers in consciously differentiable form since
> some time in high school.
> And, while I spell some words like this: colour, I don't put a slash through my
> Z - it's "Zee", not "Zed".   Zed's dead, baby.
>
>
> I've been using Consolas for at least a year, I was just wondering if there was
> something ... better, nicer, [insert your adjective describing subjective value
> judgement here].
>

I just "discovered" Consolas through this post and I must admit that it 
is a big improvement over Courier indeed. It is a very 'clear' font. I 
am going to stick with it for a while I guess.

-- 
Thomas

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On 5/30/2017 12:56 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 30-5-2017 13:40, Bald Eagle wrote:
>> dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
>>
>>> I would never write a 0 without a slash, yet I accept this in my code
>>> editor? (I wouldn't write a 7 without a dash either, why isn't this in a
>>> font?)
>>
>> I was just about to chime in about the 7...   :D
>> I've been writing letters and numbers in consciously differentiable
>> form since
>> some time in high school.
>> And, while I spell some words like this: colour, I don't put a slash
>> through my
>> Z - it's "Zee", not "Zed".   Zed's dead, baby.
>>
>>
>> I've been using Consolas for at least a year, I was just wondering if
>> there was
>> something ... better, nicer, [insert your adjective describing
>> subjective value
>> judgement here].
>>
>
> I just "discovered" Consolas through this post and I must admit that it
> is a big improvement over Courier indeed. It is a very 'clear' font. I
> am going to stick with it for a while I guess.
>

I like and use Times New Roman. It has serifs and descenders which make 
it easy to read, for me.
Its numeral zero is thinner than its upper case O and is easy to 
distinguish. Again for me.
I would like a font with a crossed numeral 7 though.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On 5/30/2017 5:29 PM, Stephen wrote:
> I like and use Times New Roman

In real life that is. ;)

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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Am 30.05.2017 um 18:29 schrieb Stephen:

> I like and use Times New Roman. It has serifs and descenders which make
> it easy to read, for me.
> Its numeral zero is thinner than its upper case O and is easy to
> distinguish. Again for me.

You're obviously not a seasoned programmer (just seasoned, maybe ;)). No
reputable programmer in their sane mind would use a proportional font
for coding.

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