A perennial topic of interest to programmers is their coding font. I’ve been using Inconsolata for as long as I can remember. I adopted it when I was still a Vim user and carried it over to Emacs. In my more than 17 years with Emacs, I’ve never used anything else.
Shockingly, to me at least, I started using Inconsolata before some Irreal readers were born. Still, every time I see an article about someone’s favorite coding font(s) I invariably have to look. As I’ve said before, my main requirement for a font is that I can discern the difference between 0, O, o, i, I, l, L, and 1. It’s surprising how many fonts get this wrong.
Jordi Ollé Ballesté has some excellent font porn in a post that lists his 10 favorite fonts. Some are paid and some, like inconsolata, are free. As usual, I didn’t see anything that made me want to move from Inconsolata but your mileage may vary.
It is, in any event, worth taking a look. Maybe you’ll find a new font but even if you don’t you’ll probably enjoy looking at the possibilities. As Ballesté says, your choice of font can make a big difference in your coding experience. Articles like Ballesté’s show you the possibilities.