Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Microsoft Downloads - Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 20065

"Brief Description
Optimized for Microsoft ClearType
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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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 2006.
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I’m always game for a new programming font.

But the VS2006 restriction seems weird. I’d guess it’s due to the license agreement with the font producer, but still.

This a typo and should read VS2005? Is there a VS2006? Is that Orcas? And making this font publicly downloadable like this... That’s kind of like, "Don’t use this... really guys... oh, come on now... really don’t use it unless you’re supposed to... (wink wink)"

Still once I get VS2006, I’ll have to try the Legolas, err... um... I mean the Consolas, font...

(via This.Pose() as Expert - Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2006)

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Update #1 5/5/2006 @ 7:35 AM (PDT):
The download's title and the restriction on the download page has been changed to, "Visual Studio 2005"