Fonts
I have so many fonts on here... so many beautiful fonts.
Some fonts literally make me laugh out loud.
Some of them make me think of a particular person.
Some of them make me think of feminine hygiene products.
Some make me think of movies.
Why not edit code in OCR font? It kind of reminds me of The Matrix. And checkbooks.
I didn't realize I had so many fixed-width fonts:
I usually use Monaco for editing code, at least on my Mac, probably out of tradition, nostalgia, and loyalty. And functionality, of course. Susan Kare is one of the designers of Monaco, and so much of her work is now iconic. (Pun intended. ha!)
I got a complement from a TA when I was in undergrad for turning in a code listing in Monaco.
My slides and handouts for the semester that have had code listings have used Lucida Sans Typewriter because it's available on Windows and Mac, and doesn't clash with my sense of aesthetics. Or did it come with my Java install? Hmm...
Droid Sans Mono came out of Google Android.
When I'm mixing variable width and fixed-width fonts in the same document, I usually make the fixed-width font 2 or more point sizes smaller than the body text to help give the same visual weight.
My thesis was typeset in Times, with headers and captions in Helvetica, and code listings in Courier. Super traditional! Why not Computer Modern? I just don't care for it because it's too wide. I bet Zak would like it. His favorite font for reports was always "Bookman." Computer Modern Typewriter doesn't have a bold variant. Why not something else for my thesis? Because I didn't want to waste time trying to convert fonts for use with TeX!
Some fonts literally make me laugh out loud.
Some of them make me think of a particular person.
Some of them make me think of feminine hygiene products.
Some make me think of movies.
Why not edit code in OCR font? It kind of reminds me of The Matrix. And checkbooks.
I didn't realize I had so many fixed-width fonts:
- Andale Mono
- Courier
- Courier New
- Droid Sans Mono
- Letter Gothic Std
- Lucida Sans Typewriter
- Monaco
- OCR A Std
- Orator Std
- Prestige Elite Std
- SimSun
I usually use Monaco for editing code, at least on my Mac, probably out of tradition, nostalgia, and loyalty. And functionality, of course. Susan Kare is one of the designers of Monaco, and so much of her work is now iconic. (Pun intended. ha!)
I got a complement from a TA when I was in undergrad for turning in a code listing in Monaco.
My slides and handouts for the semester that have had code listings have used Lucida Sans Typewriter because it's available on Windows and Mac, and doesn't clash with my sense of aesthetics. Or did it come with my Java install? Hmm...
Droid Sans Mono came out of Google Android.
When I'm mixing variable width and fixed-width fonts in the same document, I usually make the fixed-width font 2 or more point sizes smaller than the body text to help give the same visual weight.
My thesis was typeset in Times, with headers and captions in Helvetica, and code listings in Courier. Super traditional! Why not Computer Modern? I just don't care for it because it's too wide. I bet Zak would like it. His favorite font for reports was always "Bookman." Computer Modern Typewriter doesn't have a bold variant. Why not something else for my thesis? Because I didn't want to waste time trying to convert fonts for use with TeX!