On Jan 27, 1:11 pm, Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado <[email protected]> wrote: > Saluton Thomas :) > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:45:36 -0800 (PST), Thomas Allen dixit: > > > Thanks for pointing that out (I hadn't thought much of it, but that > > makes since, especially since I wrote a little plugin on vim.org that > > has my real name with it). I would use Deja Vu or Monaco on Windows, > > but they render terribly. > > That has happened to me in the past, whenever I've used Windows (seldom, > I must say). I don't know why, and I haven't asked myself why, but > *some* fonts render terribly on Windows. It probably has to do with > hinting: maybe Windows rely on manual hinting and fonts without hinting > information render badly :? > > Anyway, I'm writing this in my xfce4-terminal using Monaco and I must > confess that the font looks great. I can use it at 11 points instead of > the 12 points I usually need when using Deja Vu Sans. So far my only > complaint is the lowercase "t": the cross bar is a bit low and the > letter looks a bit weird, like if the letter didn't belong to the font, > and the parentheses are way too round to my likings. Nothing terrible, > anyway. Any other character I've tried looks really great. I find the > font a bit more comfortable to the eyes for editing emails or code. For > the desktop I prefer Deja Vu Sans: I've tried Monaco and looks weird. > > Thanks for recommending the font, Thomas :))) Oops, those smileys look > VERY "smiley" with the semicircly parentheses of Monaco! XD > > Raúl "DervishD" Núñez de Arenas Coronado > -- > Linux Registered User 88736 |http://www.dervishd.net > It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen! > We are waiting for 13 Feb 2009 23:31:30 +0000 ... Haha good to hear. I use Monaco at 10pt with anti-aliasing off on my Mac. I like to see a lot of code at once. Plus my laptop screen is 13" :^)
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