With the introduction of Windows Vista and Office 2007 Microsoft included some new fonts, which became the defaults in Office. Their names all start with ‘C’ and they are quite attractive. In particular there is a monospaced font called Consolas that is nice to use as a text editor font and Terminal font. The problem is they aren’t technically free, although Microsoft does include them in a number of freely available updaters. What follows is how I went about installing the fonts on my Mac.
Installation
- Download the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.
- Double click the disk image if it wasn’t automatically mounted. You will see an Open XML File Format Converter meta package (.mpkg).
- Right click (or Control-click) the meta package and choose “Show Package Contents”.
- In the Finder window that opens, click “Contents”, then “Packages”.
- Double click “OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg”, which will run the installer.
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I'd rather download ver 5.22 consolas by searching 'consola 5.22' because it's easy than install/uninstall cabextract and remove other residue. Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? This post bundles up those posts into a single handy reference. Following these instructions will allow you to use the following fonts: Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel. Download the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac from the Microsoft Mactopia download page. Download Consolas Bold font free in ttf format for Windows and Mac. We have thousands of free fonts available for you.
Update 2015-12-04: The official release of Inconsolata is atGoogleFonts, and official upstream is on github. These versions have betterWindows hinting and some fixes. I also have an experimental version(tentatively titled InconsolataGo) with straight quotes in theinconsolata directory here.
Inconsolata is my first serious original font release. It is amonospace font, designed for code listings and the like, in print.There are a great many 'programmer fonts,' designedprimarily for use on the screen, but in most cases do not have theattention to detail for high resolution rendering.
Inconsolata draws from many inspirations and sources. I wasparticularly struck by the beauty of Luc(as) de Groot's Consolas,which is his monospaced design for Microsoft's upcoming Vistarelease. This font, similar to his earlier TheSansMono,demonstrated clearly to me that monospaced fonts do not have tosuck.
First and foremost, Inconsolata is a humanist sans design. I strovefor the clarity and clean lines of Adrian Frutiger's Avenir (thelowercase 'a', in particular, pays homage to this wonderful design),but also looked to Morris Fuller Benton's Franklin Gothic family forguidance on some of my favorite glyphs, such as lowercase 'g' and'S', and, most especially, the numerals.
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Designing a monospace font poses unique challenges. I havecarefully studied many other monospaced fonts to see how they solvethese problems. Many of the available monospace fonts are adaptationsof existing proportionally-spaced fonts, but some, such as LetterGothic, draw strength from being their own designs. I hope Inconsolataupholds that tradition.
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Some details will be most apparent in print, such as the subtlecurves in lowercase 't', 'v', 'w', and 'y'. Inconsolata also borrows'micro-serifs' from some Japanese Gothic fonts, which enhance theappearance of crispness and legibility.
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I'm still working on completing this font, refining the base ASCIIset and filling out the Latin 1, 2, and 9 complements. It will bereleased under the new OpenFont License of SIL. Completion of this font is being generouslysponsored by the TeX Users Group Development Fund. If you likethis font and want to see more sponsored and released freely, pleaseconsider donating to TUG.