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Wednesday, September 19. 2007

fuente de la juventud (font of youth)

My new favorite typeface for programming is Consolas, a font designed for use with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. I use it there, but I now also use it for SAS programming.
SAS program with Consolas font

It uses ClearType technology, so the "crisp and clean" benefits kick in only when you have ClearType smoothing enabled. It makes my eyes feel younger. The font is usable on Windows XP and Vista, where ClearType is available.

(Side note: "consolas" is Spanish for "consoles". My programs have taken on a more latin flavor already.)

Posted by Chris Hemedinger in SAS programming at 12:46 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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No consolation for Consolas. One cannot install this font (from the download/install link from the Consolas page you cited) without having Visual Studio 2005 installed. I just tried; no luck.

#1 David J. Biesack on 2007-09-21 15:11 (Reply)

Lo siento. I'm sorry for the tease. However, there might be hope. You can install one of the Microsoft Visual Studio Express products, a free download from Microsoft, and that might be enough to put you in the clear (text). I installed Microsoft Visual Studio Express for C# on a laptop without Visual Studio 2005, and after that, Consolas installed for me.

#1.1 Chris Hemedinger (Homepage) on 2007-09-25 16:22 (Reply)

Also, a recent install of the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 upgrade brought Consolas along for the ride, so I have it now.

#1.1.1 David J. Biesack on 2007-09-25 20:42 (Reply)

You may also like a font called ProFont which is the programmers font. It works on many platforms and kicks butt for programming especially when screen real estate is small because you can lower the font size incredibly but it remains readable.

Check out this link: http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/

#2 jared (Homepage) on 2007-10-01 18:38 (Reply)

Of course, the BIG question is - "How do I change the font that SAS uses to display my code?"

#3 ChrisW75 on 2007-10-02 23:48 (Reply)

In SAS for Windows, select Tools->Options->Enhanced Editor to get to the appearance options for the code editor.

In SAS Enterprise Guide, select Tools->Options, SAS Programs, then click the Editor Options button. That gets you to the same appearance options window.

Editor options are global to your machine, so if you change them in SAS Enterprise Guide that will also change them in SAS for Windows.

#3.1 Chris Hemedinger (Homepage) on 2007-10-03 08:30 (Reply)

It works on many platforms and kicks butt for programming especially when screen real estate is small because you can lower the font size incredibly but it remains readable.
http://www.cyberdesignz.com/

#4 jhon (Homepage) on 2009-01-06 07:46 (Reply)

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Chris Hemedinger is a senior software manager in SAS R&D. He's part of the team that builds SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office. He's also co-author of the popular SAS for Dummies book and moderator of the SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum.

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