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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:58:49 -0800
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] problem using a vera font in rio
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Syntax is a nice font for code;  i first saw it in Oberon,
though it predates Oberon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_(typeface)

> perhaps this article could be of interest to this discussion. it only
> considers fixed-width fonts but is worth a look if you're looking for
> better fonts:
>
> http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts
>
> I have not attempted to convert any of these fonts to rio/acme. If you
> do I'd love to see the results posted here.
>
> Myself, I'm stuck with Monaco. Anti-aliased in the editor, aliased in
> a terminal.