Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 10985
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2003/11/7-8 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:10985 Activity:nil
11/7    If you're looking for a good, monospaced programming font, check out
        http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont .  Mac, Windows, *nix.
        \_ This is new.  I didn't know there were font nerds.
           \_ Consider yourself lucky.  I knew a very hardcore font nerd in
              highschool.  his parents used to get him fonts for christmas.
              no joke.
              \_ Weird.  He go into publishing or the nuthouse?
           \_ Hey, a good font can make a day of coding *much* easier on the
              eyes, reduce mistakes, etc.
        \_ After looking at this, I still prefer Lucida Console on windows.
           Less vertical space.
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ProFont for Windows, Mac, Linux ProFont is a small bitmap font which is absolutely great for programming. It was made for Macintosh computers, but now its also available for Windows and Linux/UNIX X Windows. For comments, questions and troubleshooting there is a ProFont/Sheldon forum now. If youve never read my Desperately Seeking ProFont file, you should do that before you go on: Click here to read . Or do you already know my ProFont problem from prior visits on this page? Okay, Ill add a short summary anyway: I was looking for a monospaced font that is readable in very small sizes. In my opinion, bitmap fonts work better at this job than outlined fonts such as TrueType or Type1. On my Macintosh at home, I have such a great bitmap font called ProFont that Im usually using at 9pt. But there was no Windows version, so when I was sitting in office I really missed it. Thanks to all the people who have been trying to help me in one way or another! But special thanks go to Sheldon Simms, who send me his own small sized bitmap font; And if you dont like ProFont, youll maybe be satisfied with this one. Sheldon made the windows version that I converted to Macintosh bitmap font file format. The Windows file has some versions that are not in contained in the Mac file. Update Nov 6 2002 Zhichao Hong converted ProFont to Linux/UNIX X Windows pcf font file format. Moreover, theres a forum available were you can post comments, questions and most important bug reports regarding ProFont and Sheldon. Update Sep 17 2002 I added a few characters to Sheldon for Mac that were missing before: I hope I didnt screw up anything, so the original version is still contained in the archive. There are still some more characters missing, but since I dont needem I skippedem. Obviously I wasnt the only one who has been searching a good looking small sized, monospaced bitmap font for windows. Within a few weeks, ProFont and Sheldon for Windows have been downloaded more often than any other file from my website. Well, maybe its just because this page is in english while the rest of the site is in german language, but I like to think thats because all people like those fonts as much as I do. It wont look as great as the bitmap versions, but maybe youll like it anyway.