Visual Studio 2005 Optimized Font Family
posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 by bobby @ 7:06 am
I forgot where I discovered this, but apparently, there is a font family that has been designed & optimized for Visual Studio 2005 called Consolas. I've been testing it out for a few days now and I have to say I'm starting to really like it.

I think Courier New is a great programming font, but I'm starting to totally dig this new font. It's a tad bit smaller than Courier New but I guess that just means more code fits on the screen - heh.

Here's a screenshot of the font in use for all you skeptics out there:


Click here to check out download Consolas Font Pack
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posted on Friday, June 09, 2006  by Anonymous @ 7:02 PM

check this:
http://www.proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download
posted on Friday, June 09, 2006  by Anonymous @ 10:44 PM

Gravy. Couple things, cool to see cool extensions written as packages, and rare to find many other folks doing it.

I was looking for an email address so I could ask you for a resume, didn't find it, so I'm asking here :-)
posted on Monday, June 12, 2006  by sam @ 2:13 AM

I've been running these fonts for about a week now, and I'm very delighted to have found them.
Thanks!

Also, was your blog created by iWeb?

Thanks,
sam
posted on Monday, June 12, 2006  by bobby @ 2:14 AM

No, not iWeb. I originally used Blogger bout a year and half ago. I wasn't happy w/ the flexbility and basic lack of functionality, so now it's running on custom written C# code - really the only way I could get full control of the framework. Plus, it's a fun project - in the middle right now of re-writing most of it for AJAX functionality and some other cool shiznit.
posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006  by Fred @ 1:04 PM

The screen print looked good, so I downloaded the font, but it doesn't look so good on my display. How do I revert back to the default font?????
posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006  by bobby @ 1:16 PM

Just go to Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts And Colors to change the display to any font.
posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006  by rex @ 11:43 AM

Font is definitely more space-efficient. However, on a 1920x1200 LCD the fonts look a little fuzzy. Is this a ClearType thing, or... what?
posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006  by Anonymous @ 11:46 AM

i strongly believe so, i went to microsoft site for cleartype adjusting, and i'm in love. :-)
posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006  by Anonymous @ 2:04 PM

ClearType blows! At least at 1280x1024 its way too fuzzy.
posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006  by Anonymous @ 2:07 PM

I'm at 1400x1050 and my cleartype is fine. Again you have to get it adjustedwhich sux.


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