Fonts for hackers

Re:Fonts for hackers by vegashacker on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @10:32PM (#74464)

I like anti-aliased Monaco 14 pt (I know, it's large, but I'm trying to save my eyes) on Terminal.app for the Mac.

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Re:Fonts for hackers by joshwa on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @11:39PM (#74496)

Yeah, Monaco 12 in Textmate is pretty darn comfortable. I wish I could turn on AA in Terminal.app...

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Re:Fonts for hackers by vegashacker on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @02:00AM (#74559)

Why can't you?

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Re:Fonts for hackers by joshwa on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @09:05AM (#74624)

Howdoyalikethat? Turns out I can! Monaco 9 AA, line-height at 0.8x is quite nice for log file monitoring.

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Re:Fonts for hackers by plusbryan on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @12:03PM (#74685)

why might looking at a larger font somehow save your eyes? presumably, if you take appropriate breaks, it shouldn't matter how small your font is. right?

cause if I'm wrong, I seriously need to rethink this small font fetish I have...

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Re:Fonts for hackers by kingnothing on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @06:24PM (#74851)

I'm not sure about you, but my eyes noticeably tire more quickly when reading small fonts versus larger fonts for prolonged periods of time.

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