Consolas: try a new font for Visual Studio
I’ve just downloaded a new font for Visual Studio. It’s called Consolas and I think I like it. You can get it here.
According to the blurb:
Consolas is intended for use in programming environments and other circumstances where a monospaced font is specified. All characters have the same width, like old typewriters, making it a good choice for personal and business correspondence. Optimizing the font specifically for ClearType allowed a design with proportions closer to normal text than traditional monospaced fonts like Courier. This allows for more comfortable reading of extended text on-screen.
And it does what it says on the tin. I also like the fact that it is more compact so you can fit more code on the screen.
Here is trusty old Courier New 10pt:
And here is the same text in Consolas 10pt :
