Consolas as my new IDE font for Visual Studio 2005

I am loving Microsoft’s Vista new font Consolas as my new IDE font for Visual Studio 2005. I used to switch between Courier New 9 pt and Anonymous but Consolas rocks!
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Also exciting about new Vista fonts is Calibri, which should give web developers another choice besides Verdana for a rounded corner font.

I happend to still have the zip file of Vista Fonts. I know that Microsoft is not giddy about people getting these fonts but I have to ask why? Do they not get that this only drums up interest in Vista (I believe the term is Viral Marketing) Anyways, get your download until they tell me to stop.

Are there any handheld computers that run Microsoft Vista? Fonts used in Vista may not print properly on Zebra printers, so check compatibility first. You may have issues using external devices like printers and barcode readers on Vista until all the kinks get worked out.

Written by Tim on April 13th, 2006 with 19 comments.
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#1. April 13th, 2006, at 2:46 PM.

meneame.net: Descarga las nuevas tripografías de Windows Vista... Son 6: Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia y Corbel. Todas están bonitas, especialmente Cambria ...

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#2. April 13th, 2006, at 3:04 PM.

Meneme Translation: They are 6: Calibri, Cambria, Locked, Consoles, Constantia and Corbel. All is pretty, specially Cambria and Consolas. - I’m not sure about Cambria yet though…

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#3. April 13th, 2006, at 3:53 PM.

janos erdelyi: Nice Vista font for editing code... ...

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#4. April 15th, 2006, at 8:59 PM.

Nuevas tipografias de Windows Vista « Sinexion: Descarga las nuevas tipografías de Windows Vista… Son 6: Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia y Corbel. Todas están bonitas, ...

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#5. May 2nd, 2006, at 2:06 PM.

Has anyone been able to make Consolas work as the text editor font in VS2003? I’ve installed the font, but ti doesn’t show up in the list of available choices. Consola Italic does, but not Consola proper.

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#6. May 5th, 2006, at 6:46 PM.

Bajo sus alas…: Tipografia Consolas... Como saben, me la paso todo el dia (o casi) mirando un entorno de desarrollo... por lo tanto, necesito ...

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#7. May 14th, 2006, at 3:03 PM.

Thank you. This just saves people time. It would be pretty lame if Microsoft had a problem with this.

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#8. May 17th, 2006, at 1:04 AM.

今日連結 (2006-05-16) [JeffHung.Blog]: Consolas as my new IDE font for Visual Studio 2005 - Consolas 感覺還蠻不錯，可惜我還是覺得 Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 比較好看。

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#9. May 19th, 2006, at 3:18 PM.

I wanted to add that the zeroes are slashed and the numeral “one” is pointed, very easily distingished from lower case L! It is a great font, I agree!

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#10. September 21st, 2006, at 3:52 PM.

The download works, :-), there is only one font family that is messed
up. The “CONSTANTIA”. Only the regular font shows the numbers.
Bold, Bold Italic, and Italic only show “@@@@@@@@@@”
Can someone fix this - by uploading these three Vista fonts again

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#11. November 18th, 2006, at 12:00 PM.

Fuentes para programación: Una alternativa a Consolas es Bitstream Vera Sans Mono de Gnome. Ambas son bastante parecidas, pero la fuente de ...

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#12. December 19th, 2006, at 9:08 PM.

Greetings from Germany

Teeladen

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#13. January 31st, 2007, at 6:25 PM.

Thank you very much hehehehe…. niiiice fonts..

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#14. February 28th, 2007, at 7:46 AM.

Visit this Font page. This is really cool page. When i reduced the size of Consolas font, it sucked bad time.

This fond i have used from a long time and i am still using this font. Choose this font for IDE and make size to 6. It will rock.

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#15. April 2nd, 2007, at 3:20 AM.

Thank you!!

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#16. July 29th, 2007, at 11:43 AM.

Lo hice y lo entendí » Cambiar la fuente del CMD de Windows: el máximo provecho. Podemos descargar un zip con todas las nuevas fuentes de Windows Vista en Consolas as my ...

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#17. August 8th, 2007, at 6:48 AM.

Thanks for the good fonts! I love it!

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#18. October 23rd, 2008, at 1:48 AM.

No one superior than the Fixedsys font………

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#19. January 22nd, 2009, at 2:20 AM.

Which Font do you use for Editing? - Page 3 | keyongtech: here are a few more links that look good. Vista Fonts click on download after the Calibri sample: ...

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