Re: Programming Fonts (was Compare source feature)

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Working a bit more with IBM3270 fonts - not the ultimate solution, seems 
to me. I think some others that were mentioned will do better.

I found that the IBM3270 did not print as expected, for example.

OK, back to real work.

Vern

On 7/6/2012 10:16 AM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
> I just looked at the IBM3270 fonts that come with Access by whatever
> name. There are several flavors, including national language. And they
> have a dot in the middle of zeroes to distinguish from capital O.
>
> The one with the plain name is hard to distinguish 8 and 0 - the letters
> are fairly narrow. But the 1258 variety - not sure what the number mean
> or if they matter here - that is wider - looks very nice on screen, to
> my eye today.
>
> So to use that font for editing, one can go to preferences, or use the
> command line -
>
> set default.font "IBM3270 - 1258-bold-12"
>
> you can leave out the bold, and use whatever size you like.
>
> For printing, use this -
>
> set default.print.font "IBM3270 - 1258-9"
>
> perhaps.
>
> You do have to have Access installed but not necessarily open.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> On 7/6/2012 9:12 AM, Brian Parkins wrote:
> > > > still looking for a font that represents zero and capital
> > > > letter o so they are easily distinguished
> > This article may be of interest:
> >
> > http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/30040/Font-Survey-42-of-the-Best-Monospaced-Programming
> >
> > Personally, I find the (free) Liberation Mono font to be very acceptable for
> > RDP and PC5250 sessions. The Proggy Fonts are popular.
> >
> > Brian.