Best Font for Codeview in Sigil

rubeus · 01-14-2016, 06:09 AM

Hi,

i just want to bring a font to attention, if it is really the best is a personal choice, of course.

The default i guess is Courier, but i for myself like Source Code Pro more. It's a monospaced font, totally free and distinguishes clearly 1iIlL| or 8B or oO0.

Of course this is not really Sigil related, but maybe useful for the one or the other.

You can read more about this font here:

http://blog.typekit.com/2012/09/24/source-code-pro/

and download it here

https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro

//rubeus

st_albert · 01-14-2016, 02:13 PM

Thanks for the information, Rubeus. Anything that might help out my tired old eyes will be welcome indeed!

Albert

Moonraker · 01-16-2016, 09:16 AM

Thank for for this font. I love it because my eyesight and Courier just didn't see eye to eye!

Toxaris · 01-16-2016, 11:17 AM

I must say that the regular is a bit too thin for me, but the demibold works fine as regular. Too bad that the character set is not complete for a lot of unicode characters. It is less complete than for example Consolas.

Hendrixxxxxxxx · 01-18-2016, 12:18 AM

Another option - the one which I use - is DPCustomMono2 (info link --> http://www.pgdp.net/c/faq/font_sample.php) developed by the team at distributed proofreaders (pgdp.net) and specifically designed to help with proofreading scanned and OCR'd books and documents. I use it for pgdp work, but I also found it useful in Sigil codeview.

It does take a bit of getting used to though....it is definitely not what you would call "aesthetically pleasing"

It is free, and you don't seem to need a login to download it (I logged out, and was still able to access the download page)......although if you do download it, they may appreciate you signing up and doing a bit of volunteering for them in return

. I can find no information on it re licensing, but then again, I can't imagine anyone wanting to use it in a published document.

Phil

Camelot · 01-20-2016, 03:38 PM

I use DejaVu Mono. http://dejavu-fonts.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts

01-14-2016, 06:09 AM	#1
rubeus Banned Posts: 272 Karma: 1224588 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Sony PRS 650	Best Font for Codeview in Sigil Hi, i just want to bring a font to attention, if it is really the best is a personal choice, of course. The default i guess is Courier, but i for myself like Source Code Pro more. It's a monospaced font, totally free and distinguishes clearly 1iIlL\| or 8B or oO0. Of course this is not really Sigil related, but maybe useful for the one or the other. You can read more about this font here: http://blog.typekit.com/2012/09/24/source-code-pro/ and download it here https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro //rubeus

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st_albert Guru Posts: 697 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Thanks for the information, Rubeus. Anything that might help out my tired old eyes will be welcome indeed! Albert

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Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I must say that the regular is a bit too thin for me, but the demibold works fine as regular. Too bad that the character set is not complete for a lot of unicode characters. It is less complete than for example Consolas.

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Hendrixxxxxxxx Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 136594 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Hong Kong Device: Kindle DX, Paperwhite, Paperwhite II, and Voyage	Another option - the one which I use - is DPCustomMono2 (info link --> http://www.pgdp.net/c/faq/font_sample.php) developed by the team at distributed proofreaders (pgdp.net) and specifically designed to help with proofreading scanned and OCR'd books and documents. I use it for pgdp work, but I also found it useful in Sigil codeview. It does take a bit of getting used to though....it is definitely not what you would call "aesthetically pleasing" It is free, and you don't seem to need a login to download it (I logged out, and was still able to access the download page)......although if you do download it, they may appreciate you signing up and doing a bit of volunteering for them in return . I can find no information on it re licensing, but then again, I can't imagine anyone wanting to use it in a published document. Phil

01-20-2016, 03:38 PM	#6
Camelot Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: Sony PRS-T1	I use DejaVu Mono. http://dejavu-fonts.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts