Some pretty fixed width font for Windows?
Solution 1
Apple Menlo is basically identical to DejaVu Sans Mono (evidence here), both of which are based on Bitstream Vera Mono. The Deja Vu fonts have a free license, and can be used or modified or whatever. Download it here.
(Oops, sorry for the duplicate. I'll make up for it by mentioning some others I like...
Inconsolata (though Windows 7's consolas is pretty much the same)
LuxiMono )
Solution 2
Its not perfect - but I use DejaVu Sans Mono. Its neat and tidy, and I've found one of the easiest fonts to stare at for hours on end.
According to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=653948, Menlo is a modification of Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, so that might suit your needs.
The DejaVu family is available at http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page The Bitsteam family is available at http://www.dafont.com/bitstream-vera-mono.font
Both are open source fonts and can be freely downloaded and used.
Solution 3
There is a discussion here about Menlo that mentions Vera Sans Mono and Prima Sans Mono, you could try getting hold of those (the other answer has a link, which I was about to post).
This little search brings up some resources I've used before.
http://www.google.com/search?q=nice+programming+font
Also, Jeff Atwood has a post about Consolas here, where he mentions using Monaco for every ClearType monospace font he can, and the comments have links to other programming fonts. Jeff has a more complete overview of programming fonts here, with visuals of course.
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Obi Wan Kenobi over 1 year
With Mac, I like the font of Menlo for text editors. With PC, it's hard for me to find some pretty fixed with font, and I don't like the Courier font that I have to use for emEditor.
Could you recommend me some fixed width font that I can download and use for PC? I expect menlo equivalent somewhere, and it would be great if I can learn how to use the font with emacs/win32.
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Theb over 13 yearsBetween these three posts I think you've got enough!
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Decio Lira over 13 years+1 for anonymous pro, I use it for programming. Fine font.
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Theb over 11 yearsA small thing--Consolas and Inconsolata are different enough to me that I strongly prefer the latter over the former and even over any monospaced font I have found.
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barlop almost 9 yearsSans as in sans serif? rather than sans as in without?
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lochok almost 9 yearsYep - Sans Serif.
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barlop almost 9 yearsok.. just to correct myself.. the sans in sans serif also means without. (without serifs).. n yeah,, DejaVu Sans (ie Sans Serif) Mono