Font for programming source code with LaTeX

Question

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 1

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.

Answer 2

Did you try \texttt? It's the teletypefont family, a fixed-width font. It should look better.