Consolas
Sign in to saveConsolas is a monospaced typeface designed by Luc(as) de Groot. It is a part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts that take advantage of Microsoft's ClearType font rendering technology. It has been included with Windows since Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. It is the only standard Windows Vista font with a slash through the zero character. It is the default font for Microsoft Notepad starting with Windows 8.
Key facts
- Font.name
- Consolas
- Font.image
- ConsolasSP.svg
- Font.style
- Monospaced, sans-serif
- Font.classifications
- Humanist
- Font.date
- 2006
- Font.creator
- Luc(as) de Groot
- Font.foundry
- Microsoft
- Font.license
- Proprietary
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Described at

Consolas font family - Typography | Microsoft Learn
Typographic info for the Consolas font family
learn.microsoft.com →Consolas is aimed 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 correspondance. The improved Windows font display allowed a design with proportions closer to normal text than traditional monospaced fonts like Courier. This allows for more comfortably reading of extended text on screen. OpenType features include hanging or lining numerals; slashed, dotted and normal zeros; and alternative shapes for a number of lowercase letters. The look of text can be tuned to personal taste by varying the number of bars and waves. This typeface is also available within Office applications. For more information visit this page. Want to try using Ask Learn to clarify or guide you through this topic? Ask Learn is an AI assistant that can answer questions, clarify concepts, and define terms using trusted Microsoft documentation.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sans-serif typeface
- Designed by
- Luc(as) de Groot
- Image
- ConsolasSP.svg
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- Commons category
- Consolas (typeface)
- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- inception
- 2006-00-00
- type foundry
- Microsoft
- writing system
- Armenian alphabet
- described at URL
- learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/consolas
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Consolas是一套等宽的字体,属無襯線字體,由荷蘭設計師(Lucas de Groot)设计。这个字体使用了微軟的ClearType 技術,並隨同Windows Vista、Office 2007及Microsoft Visual Studio中發行,或可在微軟的網站下載。在Windows Vista的6套新字体中,Consolas近似於旧版Windows中的2款内置字型:與Courier New,主要是設計做為代码的顯示字型之用,特別之處是它的「0」字加入了一斜撇,以方便與字母「O」分辨。 在Consolas之前,代码的顯示字体大多為Courier New或其他等宽的字型,字型的柔邊(反鋸齒)效果則依個人喜好選擇開啟或關閉,然而Consolas是專為柔邊效果而設計的字体,特別是為了搭配微軟的ClearType技術,如果不開啟ClearType,Consolas的顯示效果會打大折扣。另外,ClearType技術還需要搭配液晶顯示器才會有最佳表現。
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