{"id":3224,"date":"2011-07-27T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T18:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/27\/which-font-do-you-use-for-programming\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T18:17:56","slug":"which-font-do-you-use-for-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/27\/which-font-do-you-use-for-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Which font do you use for programming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAPIEN code editors usually default to &#8220;Courier New&#8221; when you install them first. The reason for that is simple: It&#8217;s installed on virtually every Windows system since Windows 98. <\/p>\n<p>Once in a while we get a wave of emails asking us to change that default to whatever the author prefers. Here is a brief, albeit incomplete, look at what has been suggested over time. Please note that some of these fonts are only available with a specific license or must be purchased separately. All images are 450 x 170 with a 10 point font setting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Courier New\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Courier New\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Courier-New.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>Courier New (Default)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Andale Mono\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Andale Mono\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Andale-Mono.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>Andale Mono<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"BitStream Mono\" border=\"0\" alt=\"BitStream Mono\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/BitStream-Mono.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>BitStream Mono<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Consolas\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Consolas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Consolas.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>Consolas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Inconsolata\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Inconsolata\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Inconsolata.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>Inconsolata<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Lucida Sans\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lucida Sans\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Lucida-Sans.png\" width=\"454\" height=\"174\"><\/p>\n<p>Lucida Sans<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which font do you prefer? Sound off in the comments and let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAPIEN code editors usually default to &#8220;Courier New&#8221; when you install them first. The reason for that is simple: It&#8217;s installed on virtually every Windows system since Windows 98. Once in a while we get a wave of emails asking us to change that default to whatever the author prefers. 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