{"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":"

SAPIEN code editors usually default to “Courier New” when you install them first. The reason for that is simple: It’s installed on virtually every Windows system since Windows 98. <\/p>\n

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>\n

\"Courier<\/p>\n

Courier New (Default)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Andale<\/p>\n

Andale Mono<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"BitStream<\/p>\n

BitStream Mono<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Consolas\"<\/p>\n

Consolas<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Inconsolata\"<\/p>\n

Inconsolata<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Lucida<\/p>\n

Lucida Sans<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Which font do you prefer? Sound off in the comments and let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAPIEN code editors usually default to “Courier New” when you install them first. The reason for that is simple: It’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. Here is a brief, albeit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,283,509,530,410],"tags":[668,672,670,669,667,671,673,314,486,37],"class_list":["post-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-howto","category-primalforms-software-news","category-primalpad-software-news","category-primalscript-software-news","tag-andale","tag-bitstream","tag-consolas","tag-courier","tag-font","tag-incosolata","tag-lucida","tag-primalforms","tag-primalpad","tag-primalscript"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t