Has anyone elsed tried the Consolas font from MS for the VS2005 IDE? A large improvement in readablilty, I think.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3&displaylang=en

I use lucida console now in vs.net 2005, since they've fixed the bug with the '.' operator in the editor (which is still present in vs.net 2003 and therefor you can't use a font different than courier new for monospaced editing. (at least in C#). I haven't looked at this font though, will do

I tired it, and it was not easy to read. I prefer using the Courier New font.

I find it much easier to read, and I like the 'slashed' zeros. Like editors, fonts are a strong user preference issue.

Otis wrote:

I use lucida console now in vs.net 2005, since they've fixed the bug with the '.' operator in the editor (which is still present in vs.net 2003 and therefor you can't use a font different than courier new for monospaced editing. (at least in C#). I haven't looked at this font though, will do

I use FixedSys for all code editing. It has a "bold" look, which some people don't like, but I do (maybe it's my age, ha ha, but I've used it since I was young).

Anyway, it's monospaced and I use it for C#. Were you excluding this for some reason?

FixedSys? Thats teh stone-age font used in the dosprompts and turbopascal! No I can't stand fixedsys, I love lucida console. Which others seem to hate Lucida has the advantage that it allows you to display more lines on the screen. THis is more important than having more characters on a line. (most of the time).

Well I like it And I have 2 19 inch monitors so I don't care about space. Also, I live in a cave!

I use Anonymous font. Its much more readable than the courier thing BUT I didn't try it with C# on VS2003. You should try it.. for me its the difference between day and night

I installed this font... and of course initial reaction was... eh... but now that I have worked with it a bit, I really like it.

BTW: What is the default font that VS 2005 used prior to installing this (which changed the VS 2005 setting.)

BOb

I rather like the new font. I've been using it for a few days. In answer to Bob's question, the default font in VS is Courier New.

I've installed it. I had Lucida console 8pt before this so consolas 8pt was a bit small , though on 9pt it's ok, however too much white space. Lucida console crams way more info on the screen. So I go back to lucida in vs.net 2005. In 2003 I'll keep it though as it looks much better with cleartype on my tft screens than courier new

(lucida 8pt: 78 lines, consolas 8pt: 66 lines, consolas 9pt: 62 lines).

You know, there's a sample macro installed with VS2005 by default that allows you to increase or decrase your font size. You can assign it to a macro for a quick zoom in/out feature that works great during presentations or when your blind boss comes around.

The real question is: When your blind boss comes around, would you increase your font size to show off your work, or decrease the font size as to make it illegible.

Bonus question: Did I spell illegible correctly?