Why can't I install this monospaced font in Delphi ?

[A.M. Hoornweg 144]

Hello all,

 

I would like to test a certain new monospaced font in Delphi but none of my Delphi versions displays it in the font drop-down list.  Is there anything I can do to use it anyway?

[Alexander Elagin 143]

Because this font family (JetBrains Mono) does not have some internal flag marking it as "monospace". Visual Studio / Windows terminal also do not recognise it as such. Let's wait for a service pack 😉 There is a discussion on this topic in Russian (https://habr.com/ru/company/jugru/news/t/484134/). In fact, I did not like the look of this font when I tried it in Notepad++, YMMV.

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

I still haven't found anything that beats Adobe Source Code Pro

[stijnsanders 35]

I really like PT Mono, but that's just a personal preference.

[Stefan Glienke 2002]

It doesn't matter - they all look terrible in the Delphi IDE on High DPI 

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

1 hour ago, stijnsanders said:

I really like PT Mono, but that's just a personal preference. 

Seems very similar to Lucida console

[Kryvich 165]

Interestingly, Lazarus can use this font in the editor.

Edited January 16, 2020 by Kryvich

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

Can Lazarus make use of any font in the editor? Even the non-monospaced ones?

[Kryvich 165]

Yes, it can. Although non-monospaced fonts look ugly in Lazarus. IDE tries to preserve columns in the editor.

Edited January 16, 2020 by Kryvich

[A.M. Hoornweg 144]

Currently "Consolas" and "Source Code Pro" are my favorites.

[Sherlock 663]

I too am a Consolas guy.

[Arnaud Bouchez 407]

When I switched to Ubuntu for main OS, I put Ubuntu Mono in my Lazarus IDE and I like the result very much:

 

[baeckerg 6]

I started to work with the new JetBrains Mono - really nice

[Stefan Glienke 2002]

Version 1.0.1 now properly identifies as monospace.

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

I still think I prefer Source Code Pro.

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

I tried Ubuntu Mono and Jetbrains Mono (at sizes 9 and 10) for a couple of hours each, and Source Code Pro at size 9 still best, in Delphi white theme. Monitor: 24", 1920x1200.

[Clément 148]

Consolas size 10

[Guest]

Lars still prefers Source Code Pro.

Edited January 26, 2020 by Guest

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

21 hours ago, Dany Marmur said:

Lars still prefers Source Code Pro.

Indeed I do.

Size 12 on 32" 4K display, Windows 100% UI scaling.

 

The uneven height of some of the lowercase letters on JetBrain was the first part of the problem. 

The second problem was that the font was to "heavy" i.e. the normal was too close to what I consider a bold font.

[Mike Torrettinni 198]

2 hours ago, Lars Fosdal said:

font was to "heavy"

Same experience here, it seemed half-bold and a little bit fuzzy, on my screen.