Coding Fonts in FlashDevelop
The default font for almost any programming editor is always Courier. The problem is that some characters aren’t easily differentiated. Letter L and number 1, and number zero and Uppercase O.
I’ve downloaded a font called CodingFontTobi (created by Tobias Werner) which seems to be excellent for developing.
Here are some instructions to change it under Flashdevelop… Edit the ScintillaNET.xml under Flashdevelop/Settings folder:
Update for version 3 (still in Beta) [Thanks Panagiotis]
C:\Documents and Settings\yourUserName\Local Settings\Application Data\FlashDevelop\Settings
Here’s mine:
C:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Settings\ScintillaNET.xml
(in bold the changes I’ve made)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<Scintilla xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<includes>
<include file="@APPDIRSettingsLanguagesAS2.xml" />
<include file="@APPDIRSettingsLanguagesCSS.xml" />
<include file="@APPDIRSettingsLanguagesHTML.xml" />
<include file="@APPDIRSettingsLanguagesJScript.xml" />
<include file="@APPDIRSettingsLanguagesText.xml" />
<include file="@APPDIRSettingsLanguagesXML.xml" />
</includes>
<globals>
<value name="default-fore">0x000000</value>
<value name="default-back">0xffffff</value>
<value name="default-font">Courier New</value>
<value name="default-font-size">11</value>
<value name=”default-selection-fore”>0xffffff</value>
<value name=”default-selection-back”>0×000000</value>
<value name=”default-caretline-back”>0xececec</value>
<value name=”default-caret-fore”>0×000000</value>
<value name=”proggy-font”>CodingFontTobi</value>
</globals>
<style-classes>
<style-class name=”default” fore=”default-fore” back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=“proggy-font” />
<style-class name=”gdefault” fore=”default-fore” back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” />
<style-class name=”bracebad” fore=”default-fore” back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” bold=”true” />
<style-class name=”bracelight” fore=”0×0000cc” back=”0xcdcdff” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” bold=”true” />
<style-class name=”controlchar” fore=”0xffffff” back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” />
<style-class name=”indentguide” fore=”0xc0c0c0″ back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” />
<style-class name=”linenumber” fore=”0×666666″ back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” />
<style-class name=”lastpredefined” fore=”default-fore” back=”default-back” size=”default-font-size” font=”default-font” />
</style-classes>
</Scintilla>
You’ll have to copy the font to the windows/fonts directory.
You can also add it to your favourite editor.
Here’s a preview of the font:
3 comments December 30th, 2006