Font for programming source code with LaTeX

latex listings
prosseek picture prosseek · Jul 18, 2010 · Viewed 16.5k times · Source

Listing style is normally used for source code listing, but to me the default font used is not so pretty for source code listing. Attached is a comparison between listing and verbatim.

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  • How can I use the font for verbatim when I use listing environment?
  • What would be a good font for source code listing?

Answer

Will Robertson picture Will Robertson · Jul 18, 2010

I agree the defaults of listings aren't that appealing. Usually I write something like

\lstset{columns=fullflexible,basicstyle=\ttfamily}

You might also need to play around with the identifierstyle, commentstyle, etc., keys if the style for your code uses these separately.

The columns=fullflexible keyval suppresses listings's layout thing that it does to make proportional-width text fit into a monospace grid; it's not necessary if you choose a monospace font to begin with.

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