一篇国外博文《Finding the Best Programmer's Font》中,作者指出一个理想的编码字体应具备以下要素:
- Crisp clear characters.
- Extended characterset.
- Good use of whitespace.
- 'l', '1' and 'i' are easily distinguished
- '0', 'o' and 'O' are easily distinguished
- forward quotes from back quotes are easily distinguished -prefer mirrored appearance
- Clear punctuation characters, especially braces, parenthesis and brackets
作为编码最常用的字体之一,Consolas字体非常受欢迎。但它的双下划线是连在一起的。
尽管如今的编码规范已基本摒弃了双下划线,不过这仍可视为Consolas的美中不足。