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jEdit Font Courier New != Windows Courier New ?!
Submitted by uhuebner on Thursday, 15 November, 2007 - 13:02
I'm using jEdit 4.2pre11 on Windows XP.
Text Area font is Courier New 12.
Why does it look completely different (may I say ugly?) from the Windows one?
Can I use the Windows font?
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Kerning and Linespacing.
by elberry on Fri, 16/11/2007 - 17:24
Maybe the kerning and line spacing is a bit off in jEdit, but the font characters look the same to me.

http://www.idc-productions.com/images/screen_shot.png

Personally I like it a bit more compact anyway as courier in Word takes up too much space. If you're looking for a good monospaced font in jEdit, I recommend the "Consolas" or "Monospaced" fonts. The Consolas looks best with Anti Aliasing on (subpixel), and I think "Monospaced" looks best without it.

Here's an interesting article:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000969.html


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