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The Joel on Software forum has a discussion about fonts used for programming.

I've been keeping a list for a little while, and added a few I found in that discussion.

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M. Bean wrote:

Wow... I'm shocked at how many of those guys said they used proportional or non-monospaced fonts.

∴ M. Bean | 14-Nov-2003 2:46am est | #3263

Adam Vandenberg (http://flangy.com/) wrote:

I TOTALLY use Verdana for most of my coding, and I think Optima on my Mac. I haven't needed to "line stuff up" in printed columns for a long time now.

∴ Adam Vandenberg | 14-Nov-2003 3:09pm est | http://flangy.com/ | #3264

M. Bean wrote:

Man, that's crazy. I'm an alignment nazi, non-monospaced fonts would drive me bonkers.

∴ M. Bean | 15-Nov-2003 3:04am est | #3269

cagrET (http://g0su.net) wrote:

I cant change my font to Proggy in Zend Studio.
Probably cause it is .FON extension
Are those fonts available in .ttf extension ?

∴ cagrET | 15-Nov-2003 7:04pm est | http://g0su.net | #3274

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

Are those fonts available in .ttf extension ?

Nope. Zend Studio doesn't support bitmap fonts? That's strange.

∴ Keith | 15-Nov-2003 7:04pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #3276

Kazcous wrote:

Does anyone knows which is the default font used in mac os x XCode IDE ? I think it's great, but i cant find the name anywhere.

∴ Kazcous | 21-Jan-2004 7:11am est | #3790

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