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Re: [h-e-w] Suggestion of a good font standard font to use


From: August
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Suggestion of a good font standard font to use
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 02:10:08 +0100

Is there any bitmap (non-true type) version of the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono font? On my display most True Type fonts in Emacs are not very sharp.

Regards,
August

----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Rumney
To: Mason, Michael M
Cc: 'address@hidden'
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Suggestion of a good font standard font to use


Mason, Michael M wrote:
I would like to change the default font, but I'm not sure to what?

Does anyone have a good idea about a particular font which is easy
to read and does not strain the eyes?


I like Andale Mono, which is a free Microsoft font. You can't download it from Microsoft any more, but I think you can get it from SourceForge or I could e-mail you a copy. It's freely distributable as long as it's supplied
as the original self-installing EXE accompanied by a copy of the EULA.

Another alternative is "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", which is available from

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/

Like the other fonts people are recommending, it is a Sans Serif font (easier to read, especially at small sizes), and like Andale Mono it has very distinct differences between 0 and O and l, I and 1, (especially useful for O and 0, which are very close on the keyboard and easy to accidentally hit).




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