My quest for something to replace Envy Code B on my ClearType-enabled systems continues.
It must be obviously scalable, mono-spaced (yes I know you can program with variable-width but I prefer fixed-width), have distinctive characters to help avoid confusion between 1il, o0OQ, $Ss8 at reasonably small font sizes. You know the drill.
So far I’ve tried:
and a whole host of less desirable ones from Keith Deven’s programming font list.
Imagine my surprise when I read on Scott Hanselman’s blog he was using a font I’d never heard of called Inconsolata.
True, the font isn’t perfect but it is very fine. The best news is that it is to be liberally license which means I should be able to make the tweaks I want (there are some Bézier glitches, missing symbols and that zero needs a slash through it) and release a derivative version. I’m also not keen on the micro-serifs but we’ll see.
I’m just getting clarification on the situation from the author as to whether the license applies now or at final release.
[)amien
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