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Re:Alternative monospace fonts for programmers by frou_dh on Monday May 03, 2010 @06:10AM (#1314443)
Years ago, I remember doing a terrific amount of whining about how sub-pixel font rendering was blurry and pointless. But really it's simply a matter of adjusting to the benefits.

Anyway, I'm using 'Consolas' on Windows and 'Menlo' on Mac and am happy with both.

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Re:Alternative monospace fonts for programmers by psranga on Monday May 03, 2010 @10:48AM (#1314827)
I second the recommendation to tune the subpixel rendering using your OS's wizard. Both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 make this very easy. The difference is very apparent and worth it.
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Re:Alternative monospace fonts for programmers by impomatic on Monday May 03, 2010 @10:51AM (#1314837)
They look much better with sub-pixel rendering but thanks to different sub-pixel geometries taking a screenshot doesn't really work.
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