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# [Inconsolata: A Great Fixed Width Font](https://johnpoelstra.com/inconsolata-a-great-fixed-width-font/)

[https://johnpoelstra.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/incon-shutter.png](https://johnpoelstra.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/incon-shutter.png)

[The Fedora Project’s](http://fedoraproject.org/)
 [in person events](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon)
 are great for picking up new applications and tips from other people. I love it when little surprises come along that make the desktop experience more pleasant. [Discovering Terminator](https://johnpoelstra.com/2009/01/12/multiple-terminals-in-one-window/)
 was the last time this happened. At the Fedora Talk FAD, [Paul Frields](http://paul.frields.org/)
 took my terminal window to a higher level by suggesting switching to the [Inconsolata font](http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.htmlhttp://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html)
. It is a very pleasant fixed width font that I’m using just about everywhere now.

```
$ su -c 'yum install levien-inconsolata-fonts'
```

It turns out there are several other [programming (fixed width) fonts](http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts)
 that people love as well. They are worth checking out if you are looking for some other fixed width font options.

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## 3 Comments

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1. [poelcat](http://johnpoelstra.com/) [January 5, 2010 at 5:14 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/inconsolata-a-great-fixed-width-font/#comment-154) [Reply](#comment-154) @Mel I’m not sure which font I was using before because I’ve changed it on all my systems. It was whatever is set by default for gnome-terminal. [Reply](#comment-154)
2. [Mel Chua](http://blog.melchua.com) [December 31, 2009 at 11:09 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/inconsolata-a-great-fixed-width-font/#comment-153) [Reply](#comment-153) I’m usually a bitstream vera sans mono person, but I’m going to give Inconsolata a spin to see how I like it; it does look lovely. Thanks for the tip! Out of curiosity, what were you using before? (A few minutes later…) Hm, the difference in the ‘l’ (lowercase L) and g will take a bit of getting used to. I’m liking it so far, though – we’ll see what sticks. [Reply](#comment-153)
3. [bkat](http://womensfooty.com) [December 31, 2009 at 4:08 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/inconsolata-a-great-fixed-width-font/#comment-152) [Reply](#comment-152) I prefer DejaVu Sans Mono Book for a fixed width font. [Reply](#comment-152)

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