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I just tried Consolas again, inspired by this article[1]. I like how it is short and shows a lot of vertical lines. And it looks good. But after comparing it side-by-side with Monospace (default on Linux Mint), I'm sticking with it. I just like more how it looks, it seems clearer to my eyes.[2]

[1] http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts

[2] http://i.imgur.com/1FRVhWh.png



You probably need to do the illegal-in-the-US cleartype font patches to get non-half-assed linux font rendering.


I think it's completely legal by now, since the patents expired a couple of years ago (or something like that).


As I understand it, the patents on bytecode hinting have expired. I wouldn't be surprised if subpixel antialiasing was still patented.


I believe you're right. I could do that, since I don't live in the US. :)

Consolas was designed for ClearType, and for Windows. And I remember liking it very much on Visual Studio. But I'll just leave it be, I'm happy for now as it is.




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