Anyone who knows me knows that I am pedantic about my fonts.

The first thing I always do when installing Linux is download the Freetype source, enable the byte-code interpreter and install it so the True Type fonts look correct. Then I enable sub-pixel rendering (clear-type to windows-folks). Finally I install all of my windows fonts “˜cause I just can’t stand not having things looking the way I’m used to.

I have looked for a long time and the only font that I ever felt comfortable with for coding is Courier New. Some others came close (proggy) but they never really trumped the mono-spaced classic. I figured that other font makers were just not interested in creating programming typefaces”¦

Then I came across Consolas. Consolas was created as a clear-type font for use in the up and coming Vista release. It is also bundled with the new Office 2007 and is available as a free download for Visual Studio 2005.

I have been using Consolas for a week or so now and I am very happy with it. It is clean, easy on the eyes and goes well with my new favourite VIM colour scheme Zenburn. Give it a go and see what you think, get it here. Just make sure you have cleartype enabled or else it looks rather unattractive.

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