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Re: font change


  • Subject: Re: font change
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:57:14 -0700


On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Quincey Morris wrote:

I've tried several times in the last few days to like Menlo (and I'm sure it's the unavoidable wave of the future) but I haven't succeeded. Luckily, it's very easy to set the font back to Monaco 10, which may not be an outstanding font but is at least what I'm used to looking at.

I'm actually surprised that there is anyone who hadn't already customized their Xcode fonts ;)


The fact is that, just as in any other area of typography, there are dozens of typefaces to choose from*, with different pros and cons, and people have very personal reasons for liking or disliking them. I prefer Courier or Consolas, myself. Arguments about which fonts are better or worse are as pointless as arguments about brace placement. It's trivially easy to change the font, so just set it to whatever you like best and it'll stay that way forever.

—Jens

* Just google for [programmer font] and you'll find lots and lots of articles and discussions comparing different ones. I don't think we need to have another thread about that here... _______________________________________________
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