Good Programming Font Criteria

• Crisp clear characters.
• Extended characterset.
• Good use of whitespace.
• 'l', '1' and 'i' are easily distinguished
• '0', 'o' and 'O' are easily distinguished
• forward quotes from back quotes are easily distinguished -prefer mirrored appearance
• Clear punctuation characters, especially braces, parenthesis and brackets

Whats is your favorite programmer's font?

	Bitstream Vera Sans Mono	18%
	ti92pluspc	0%
	Crystal	0%
	Monaco	8%
	Anonymous	0%
	Andale Mono	10%
	Raize	0%
	ProFont	3%
	Sheldon	3%
	BSU Kermit	0%
	Lucida Sans Typewriter Regular	7%
	Courier New	16%
	Courier	7%
	Other- listed in comments	14%
	WTF?	7%

Fonts Reviewed (Best Listed First) (View All)(Name, Sizes, Type, Description, Download Info)

 

1. Bitstream Vera Sans Mono (View Sample)
   • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
   • TrueType
   • Plenty of space between lines, dotted zeros, clean.
   • http://www.gnome.org/fonts/
2. ti92pluspc (View Sample)
   • TrueType
   • Clear, Dark, slashed zeros.
   • http://www.tamuk.edu/math/scott/stars/tutorial.htm
3. Crystal (View Sample)
   • TrueType
   • Clear, Dark, slashed zeros.
   • Availiable with free Povray software. http://www.povray.org/povlegal.html
4. Monaco (View Sample)
   • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
   • TrueType
   • Plenty of whitespace, slashed zeros, serifed i's.
   • From Apple. http://www.pa.msu.edu/ftp/pub/misc/tek-phaser/ttfonts/MONACO.TTF or http://www.sttc.net.au/drivers/CLC/CLBP460/PS3FONTS/TRUETYPE/
5. Anonymous (View Sample)
   • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
   • TrueType
   • Less whitespace, slashed zeros, very clear.
   • http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymous.html
6. Andale Mono (View Sample)
   • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
   • TrueType
   • Tons of space between lines, dotted zeros.
   • http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
7. Raize (View Sample)
   • 10, 12, 14
   • Bitmap
   • Sharp, Legible, slashed zeros
   • http://www.raize.com/DevTools/Tools/RzFont.zip
8. ProFontWindows (View Sample)
   • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
   • TrueType or Bitmap
   • Clean, slashed zeros, really wide.
   • http://66.167.72.10/ProFontWindows.zip
9. Sheldon (View Sample)
   • 9
   • Bitmap
   • Plenty of whitespace, real clear, slashed zeros.
   • http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/
10. BSU Kermit (View Sample)
    • 9
    • Bitmap
    • Zeros Slashed, thin, spread out
    • http://home.datacomm.ch/privmsg/havoc/mircscript.htm
11. Lucida Sans Typewriter Regula (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Zeros Not Slashed
    • Available with free Java 2 SDK. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
12. Courier New (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Lots whitespace between lines, no zero treatment.
    • http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
13. Courier (View Sample)
    • 10, 12, 15
    • TrueType
    • Clean but spread out, no zero treatment.
    • Installed with Windows
14. Lucida Consolev (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Letters bunched, no zero treatment, clean text.
    • http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/
15. ProggyTiny (View Sample)
    • 8
    • Bitmap
    • Really tiny, dotted zeros
    • http://www.tactile3d.com/tristan/
16. ProggyClean (View Sample)
    • 8
    • Bitmap
    • Typeriter appearance, dotted zeros
    • http://www.tactile3d.com/tristan/
17. Fixedsys (View Sample)
    • 9
    • TrueType
    • Really Dark, slashed zeros
    • http://fixedsys.moviecorner.de
18. Topaz-8 (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Amiga Topaz-8. Little space between lines, slashed zeros, fat/squat text
    • http://66.167.72.10/Topaz-8.zip
19. Free Monospaced (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Unreadable crap.
    • http://ftp.gnu.org/savannah/files/freefont/
20. MS Mincho (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • No Zero treatment, clear text
    • Installed with Windows or Office. Try Google.
21. Hyperfont (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Thin, spread out, slashed zeros
    • ftp://ftp.hilgraeve.com/pub/vendor/hilgraeve/hyprfont.zip
22. Squareshooter Mono (View Sample)
    • 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 36, 48, 72
    • TrueType
    • Tons of room between lines, spread out,squarish, slashed zeros
    • http://freefonts.fateback.com/hypotypo/