Comments on: Free alternative to Consolas font http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:42:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Comprehensive Guide to Windows Vista Fonts for Designers http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/comment-page-1/#comment-41925 A Comprehensive Guide to Windows Vista Fonts for Designers Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35:42 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-41925 [...] programmer and math professor John Cook has a different view, saying that Consolas is his "favorite monospace font" in part "because it [...] [...] programmer and math professor John Cook has a different view, saying that Consolas is his "favorite monospace font" in part "because it [...]

]]> By: A Comprehensive Guide to Microsoft Vista Fonts for Designers http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/comment-page-1/#comment-41908 A Comprehensive Guide to Microsoft Vista Fonts for Designers Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:02:46 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-41908 [...] programmer and math professor John Cook has a different view, saying that Consolas is his "favorite monospace font" in part "because it [...] [...] programmer and math professor John Cook has a different view, saying that Consolas is his "favorite monospace font" in part "because it [...]

]]> By: Karl Ove Hufthammer http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/comment-page-1/#comment-24989 Karl Ove Hufthammer Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:04:10 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-24989 I have used <a href="http://dejavu-fonts.org/" rel="nofollow">DejaVu Sans Mono</a> since it became available, and I think it’s an excellent monospace programmer’s font. All the commonly confused characters such as oO0Ø and 1l|¦ look very different from each other, the font looks great at small font sizes, and it has extensive Unicode coverage. I have used DejaVu Sans Mono since it became available, and I think it’s an excellent monospace programmer’s font. All the commonly confused characters such as oO0Ø and 1l|¦ look very different from each other, the font looks great at small font sizes, and it has extensive Unicode coverage.

]]> By: John Moeller http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/comment-page-1/#comment-24921 John Moeller Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:49:12 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-24921 Inconsolata is lovely and quite crisp, thanks for the recommendation. It's great for xterm, and it's available in the Ubuntu repository, for those interested. Inconsolata is lovely and quite crisp, thanks for the recommendation. It’s great for xterm, and it’s available in the Ubuntu repository, for those interested.

]]> By: Wedge http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/comment-page-1/#comment-24917 Wedge Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-24917 Droid Sans Mono is also a great free, true type, monospaced font: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/droid-sans-mono-great-coding-font Droid Sans Mono is also a great free, true type, monospaced font: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/droid-sans-mono-great-coding-font

]]> By: Daniel Jimenez http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/09/21/free-alternative-to-consolas-font/comment-page-1/#comment-24916 Daniel Jimenez Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:34:52 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3206#comment-24916 I've always been a fan of the RedHat Liberation fonts: https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ (follow the Fedora Hosted link in paragraph 2). Their biggest weakness is covering only ~25% of the mathematical glyphs - gosh those are useful. I’ve always been a fan of the RedHat Liberation fonts: https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/ (follow the Fedora Hosted link in paragraph 2).

Their biggest weakness is covering only ~25% of the mathematical glyphs – gosh those are useful.

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