I stumbled across this font over the weekend – Dina. From just looking at it, I kinda liked it so I installed it and am using it for now at 10pt on my 1600 x 1200 display. I was using Lucida Console at 11pt, which has been my choice programming font for many years. The Dina font is much thinner and I do wish it had an 11pt available, but so far I’m liking it. By the end of the week, I’m not so sure the thin and small lines of the font are going to agree with my eyes, but that remains to be seen.
I’ve never been one to mess around much with what already works, and Lucida Console has worked well for me over the years, leaving my eyes in a state at the end of the day where they don’t feel strained and causing me headaches. It also has been a great font to use for when I’m giving presentations. Very readable on a projector. I’m curious to test out this Dina font in the same manner. I have a feeling its not going to mesh as well with projection upon a large screen because of the thin lines. Every once in awhile you just to test the waters and try out a new flavor. You never know until you try, right? Unless, of course, you readers have any bits of advice as to your font preferences and wish to save me time and possible eye strain and headaches caused by my sudden urge to experiment.
Has anybody else tried this Dina font? Which fonts are you using for your IDEs and notepads out there?