Changing the Console Font

I re-read Scott Hanselman's blog post on using Consolas as the Windows Console Font, and I decided to put together a registry file to make it a little simpler. (You'll have to rename the file to console-font.reg after downloading.)

The registry file includes entries for:

As Scott says:

(I'm afraid I can't distribute Consolas online or provide a download out of abject fear. That said, you can find it in any version of the Longhorn bits.)

Or Office 12, I believe.

Update, 2008/01/15. The Consolas Font Pack is the easiest way to get Consolas, if you don't have Office 2007 or Vista. Technically, you are supposed to have Visual Studio 2005. (I'm guessing that VS 2008 comes with Consolas.)

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  • Thanks for putting this together! I've been meaning to go back and find Scott's post on how to get Consolas setup as a console post so this nice registry file came just at the right time :)

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