Textmate OS X Typeface font
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
I’m in a state of flip-flop aka indecision as I’m trying to find the perfect typeface to use while in Textmate so I decided to turn to the Internets for opinions and recommendations.
So open up your Internet megapipes to 11, take a read and compare the screenshots provided and please leave a comment below.
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 12pt
Available from gnome.org/fonts and may also be known as Deja Vu.
Inconsolata 14pt
Available from levien.com. (Note the larger font size to look similar)
Monaco 12pt
Available from a Vista installation near you. It’s amazingly similar to Bitstream Vera Sans Mono but notice there’s more white space above/below each line.
Consolas 12pt
This one ships with Microsoft Office or Windows Vista. This means it’s a license font and I’m not able to supply a download here. But if you were to copy the font files from a Vista machine (or Install Office on your machine) you’d be able to pickup the font easy enough.
While I didn’t want to colour your opinion/decision I will say I am tending toward Bitstream Vera Sans Mono @ 12pt. (I actually use Consolas in Visual Studio 2008 on Vista, it renders very nicely with Microsoft’s ClearType technology).
