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gvs

I would like some more attention to mono-spaced fonts. As a developer, this is what I am using all day.
Currently I am using Andale Mono from IE 5, this is much better as the standard Courier New.

androidi

gvs wrote:
I would like some more attention to mono-spaced fonts.

Second that!

Mackz

Where can we get that book? Big Smile

glebd
Turning coffee into code

androidi wrote:

gvs wrote: I would like some more attention to mono-spaced fonts.

Second that!

I read that the new set of fonts for Longhorn will contain a fixed font called Consolas. I don't know if it will be a full family (Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) or a single font as Lucida Console is now. The problem is that with a single font you cannot really use it with Visual Studio's syntax highlighting when bold face is used for keywords. A lack of proper Bold variation of the font you use breaks source code column alignment. To see what I mean, try using VS with Courier New (nice columns) and Lucida Console (ugly, columns broken).

LarryOsterman

Yay! Greg finally made it to Channel9!

Congrats!

TommyW
These get scaled to 124 pixels wide.

There's more info about the Longhorn fonts at http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683

However, the author gives only passing info about Consolas, the mono-spaced font.

PCBC

As someone who's been given a sneak peek at Consolas, I can tell you it is the full family (Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Here are some of the specifics (based on my reading of Now Read This:The Microsoft Cleartype Font Collection):

Consolas is designed by Lucas de Groot, and has the following characteristics:

¨      Sans Serif

¨      Intended for use in programming environments and other circumstances where a monospaced font is specified

¨      All characters have the same width, like old typewriters

¨      Good choice for personal and business correspondence

¨      More comfortable reading of extended text on-screen

¨      Good for programmers setting code (its core purpose)

scobleizer
I'm the video guy

Mackz: send Geraldine Wade a request with your address. gwade @ microsoft.com.

Dean_186
Future is Clear.... Microsoft

I think its really kool that these people have perfection in fonts. Before its mainly the people who handle big projects like windows itself. But now we meet the people who make all our fonts. Very Impresive.