# Consolas

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Consolas and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Microsoft's monospace font, praised as one of the best for coding, with serious and well-hinted letterforms that look especially good on Windows.

## Why people recommend it

- Called the best monospace font (2 comments): "the greatest monospace font ever made" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093790)) "still the best monospace font" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46249416))
- Looks especially good on Windows (2 comments): "I like it over Consolas (although this is one is pretty good on Windows)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850536)) "I like Consolas in Windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978548))
- Well-hinted, serious-looking typeface (2 comments): "Well-hinted fonts such as Consolas are indeed very rare." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709854)) "Consolas at least looks like a serious type face." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47580661))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Iosevka](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iosevka.md): 108 recommend
- [Nordwand Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nordwand-mono.md): 40 recommend
- [Myna](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myna-typeface.md): 29 recommend
- [Berkeley Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/berkeley-mono.md): 27 recommend
- [JetBrains Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-mono.md): 23 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Consolas", https://hackerapproved.com/p/consolas/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).