Textmate OS X Typeface font

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).

Tags: Typography

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2 Responses to “Textmate OS X Typeface font”

1. Patrick Says:

   January 4th, 2009 at 11:45 pm

   My overall favorite fixed-size font is Consolas, it’s one of Microsoft’s new fonts which came with Office 2008.

   If you want to try it out and don’t have Office 2008 installed, send me an email.

   Greetings

2. mozketo Says:

   February 5th, 2009 at 3:07 am

   I've added a screenshot using Consolas. ty for the suggestion.