What is your preferred font for working with code and data?
- by Gary
The features I would look for in a 'programmers' font are
Monospaced (maybe less important for
code, but more important for data)
Distinguishable characters. Often I
(uppercase i), 1 (one) and l
(lower-case L) can be confusing, as
can O (upper-case o) and 0 (zero).
I'd be interested other character
issues, especially in accented or
extended character sets.
Free
Windows / Linux / OSX
Legible on screen and printouts at smaller sizes
I've community wiki'd this.
I'm really looking for a list of fonts that qualify. From that list, people can pick what looks good to them.