From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emilio Lopes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "Intelligent" non-proportional font Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 08:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117791170 6816 80.91.229.2 (3 Jun 2005 09:32:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:32:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 03 11:32:41 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1De8Wq-0005C9-0a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:31:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1De8cV-00062e-5i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1De8N5-0001mD-4K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:21:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1De8N2-0001l2-4X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:21:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1De8N0-0001fl-6f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:21:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1De8Ie-0008G0-QH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:17:09 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1De8C0-0002oA-8b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:10:24 +0200 Original-Received: from vproxy01.bmwgroup.com ([192.109.190.88]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:10:16 +0200 Original-Received: from eclig by vproxy01.bmwgroup.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:10:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 192.109.190.88 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:27184 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27184 Sébastien Vauban spammotel.com> writes: > > > > Could someone tell me the name of an "intelligent" font, > > > > i.e. (following my definition) a font where the number `1' > > > > ("one") is differently written than the letter `l' ("ell")? > > > > > > There are a few choices left: > > > > > > Lucida Console > > > Lucida Sans Typewriter (from Java Runtime Environment or SDK) > > > > Careful with Lucida San Typewriter and Lucida Console, since most > > versions of it I have the difference between O and 0 is too subtle to > > be picked up out-of-context. If the original poster is looked for 1/l > > distinction, then that's probably an issue. > > Which font would you advice, then? See http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ http://keithdevens.com/wiki/ProgrammerFonts I'm quite happy with the proggy fonts.