---
title: "Consolas: Our next programming font?"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/16/consolas-our-next-programming-font.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/4/16/consolas-our-next-programming-font.html"
published: "2005-04-16T00:34:00"
updated: "2005-04-16T00:34:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This is an interesting read . \"Beginning in 2006, Microsoft says it will ship with its operating system and other software products six brand new typefaces created especially for extended on-screen reading. \" Especially…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Consolas: Our next programming font?

By Roy Osherove April 16, 2005 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 16, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

[This is an interesting read](http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683).

_"Beginning in 2006, Microsoft says it will ship with its operating system and other software products six brand new typefaces created especially for extended on-screen reading. "_

Especially take note of the upcoming monospaced font for programming: **Consolas** listed in this article.

[![Consolas](https://osherove.com/img/wb/f4a8397f_www.poynter.org_resource_78683_consolas.gif)](http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=47&aid=78683)

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