Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Cool looking font

A very nice on the eyes Terminal (emulator) font for Linux, Inconsolata.
On Ubuntu, it is easy as cake to install:

esteban@tango:~$ sudo aptitude install ttf-inconsolata
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ttf-inconsolata
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
Need to get 105kB of archives. After unpacking 233kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe ttf-inconsolata 001.009-1 [105kB]
Fetched 105kB in 2s (48.3kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package ttf-inconsolata.
(Reading database ... 106184 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ttf-inconsolata (from .../ttf-inconsolata_001.009-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up ttf-inconsolata (001.009-1) ...
Updating fontconfig cache for /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-inconsolata
No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Bold, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for Batang-Regular, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for UMingCN, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Bold, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for KochiGothic-Regular-JaH, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for KochiMincho-Regular, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for Dotum-Regular, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for KochiGothic-Regular, defaulting to 0.
No CIDSupplement specified for KochiMincho-Regular-JaH, defaulting to 0.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done


It's right there, side to side with Andale Mono -I find the name hilarious- both are really easy looking, I like of Inconsolata that the zeroes are slashed, but Andale Mono seems a bit more modern to me.

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