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Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008

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The Microsoft Consolas Font Family is a set of highly legible fonts designed for ClearType. It is intended for use in programming environments and other circumstances where a monospaced font is specified. This installation package will set the default font for Visual Studio to Consolas.

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Version: 1.0 Date Published: 4/23/2008
Language: English
File Name Size
setup.exe 4.3 MB Download

Overview

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.

The package will change the default text face in Visual Studio to the Consolas family.

This package is only intended for licensed users of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008.

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System requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008

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Instructions

  1. Click the Download link to start the download.


  2. Do one of the following:

    • To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.


    • To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

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