Here’s the article I wrote back in May of 2011 about how to tweak Designer’s preferences to make it easier and safer to work with. Since this article predates Designer 9.0, some of the information is out of date. But I think it will generally still serve you well in tuning your settings.
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And don’t forget to export your preferences as soon as you make the changes http://www.intec.co.uk/quick-setup-restore-of-domino-designer/
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LOL awesome stuff 😀
Consolas is also a nice font for the editors.
I posted this in our Connections Community “Development” right now 😉
Oliver, I actually use Consolas now. David Leedy pointed me to it in the comments on the original post. I just didn’t want to update that part of the document. 🙂
I’ve become fond of Inconsolata.
I tried it out and I can see why you like it, Tim. But personally I found the thinness of it rather difficult to read on my laptop. Maybe it works better on Retina displays.
I favour Anonymous Pro, which is presented as a full font family including bold, italic and bolditalic styles, and supports a wide set of Unicode characters. But of course there are a couple of dozen good programmer fonts, and I’m glad of that variety too! 🙂
Thanks for putting this back. I feel more productive already!
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