Tiny Fonts (2 Comments)

Most recently, I fell for the idea of having a real tiny font for my working environment. Some observations immediately popping up were:

• Almost unecessary to mention that only monospaced fonts are candidates.
• Pixel-oriented / Bitmapped fonts have the advantage of using space more efficently while still being easy to read (because there is no need for antialiasing so things don't get "blurry").
• Especially with such small fonts it is important to be able to easily distinguish letters, eg. lowercase "L" vs. capital "I" vs. the number "1".
• I want the same font in my URxvt terminal emulator as in GVim. That is noteworthy as I experienced some fonts didn't seem to work equally well in both these environments (especially considering the following point).
• I need normal and bold font weight in GVim as well as in URxvt, and of course it should still be readable and not look "blurry".