How to properly configure the IDE to reduce eye strain?

Question

phpstorm

Hello.
Actually, subject. What font/size/spacing is better to use so that the eyes are less tired?
And what is the best theme? Darcula or Light in JetBrains products?

Answer 1

Depends on everything. From your equipment, from your vision, from your fittings.
Place the monitor at arm's length and further away, and adjust the font size so you can see comfortably without too much strain.
Again, set the monitor lighting to be comfortable, ideally, so that the brightness around the monitor and the monitor itself do not differ too much (for example, as it gets dark outside, turn on a table lamp)
Do not forget that in addition to recommendations on the Internet from "leading experts", there is also individual adaptability. Some spent their entire childhood in a dark room, their body and eyes got used to it, and the dark theme will be more comfortable for them. Others are more comfortable with light.
So experiment.
And just take breaks. Do not walk for a while, as you think about some kind of problem, you can, thinking about the issue, get up and walk around the chair, looking at different objects. And your eyes will rest and your back will thank you.