Re: Default editor fonts

[Torsten]

On 23.11.2013 16:08, Lukas Reichlin wrote:
> On 23.11.2013, at 15:40, Torsten <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I remember a thread where we discussed if the editor default fonts which
>> are provided by the qsci-lexers (among them proportional fonts) should
>> be replaced by our own defaults. I submitted a patch at
>> https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?8246
>> with a new version of the default-qt-settings.in where the editor-lexer
>> settings are included. The font name and size for the lexers are set to
>> the already available  macros %DEFAULT_TERMINAL_FONT% and
>> %DEFAULT_TERMINAL_FONT_SIZE%.
>>
>> AFAIK the following fonts can be regarded as standard on the different
>> platforms
>>
>> Windows:     Lucida Console
>> Unix-Like:   Courier (Monospace?)
>> Mac:         Monaco
>>
>> and are chosen in configure.ac depending on $host_os.
>>
>> Torsten
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Short form:
> 
> Windows:     Consolas (standard on Vista and later)
> Unix-Like:   DejaVu Mono (?)
> Mac:         Menlo (standard on 10.6 Snow Leopard and later)
> 
> Long form:
> There are good fixed-width/monospace fonts installed by default on non-free 
> operating systems. Windows (Vista and later) has the font "Consolas", Mac OS 
> X (10.6 and later) comes with "Menlo". Menlo is based on DejaVu Mono. The 
> DejaVu font family is freely (as in freedom) available and included in many 
> Linux flavours [1]. IMHO Consolas and Menlo are more suitable for programming 
> than the typewriter classics Courier and Monaco. They were designed with 
> programmers in mind, e.g. I/l/1 are easily distinguishable from each other. I 
> think we should set Consolas/Menlo/DejaVu as defaults on Windows/Mac/Linux 
> for the console and the editor.
> 
> Lukas

Thanks Lukas for the hints.

AFAIK many Window XPs are still in use where Consolas is not installed
by default. Or is it?

Torsten