* Anssi Saari (Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:28:49 +0300) > > Thorsten Kampe <thors...@thorstenkampe.de> writes: > > > The "perfect programming font" is just the one that looks so good that > > you would also use it for writing email. Dejavu Sans Mono is pretty > > good. Consolas looks also looks good but it is Windows only. > > How is Consolas Windows only? Not that I'd put it in my Windows-free > systems, but I don't see why you couldn't?
"Consolas ships with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, including Home Basic. If you’re using Visual Studio 2005, you can download Consolas from Microsoft. If not, you still may be able to use the font, though your mileage may vary. I was able to install it on a Windows XP SP1 machine that doesn’t have any version of Visual Studio. This PC does have the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK which creates various “Microsoft Visual Studio” folders under “Program Files”. These may cause the Consolas installer to think I do have VS 2005. I got no error messages, and the font was instantly available in all applications. Another way to get Consolas is to download and install the free PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from Microsoft. This works on any computer with Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP1 or later. In addition to the PowerPoint Viewer 2007 itself, the installer will install the following fonts: Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel. Only the Consolas font is monospaced. All these fonts ship with Windows Vista and Windows 7." http://www.editpadpro.com/fonts.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list