Consolas
Shares rank 17 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
Microsoft's monospace font, praised as one of the best for coding, with serious and well-hinted letterforms that look especially good on Windows.
Microsoft's monospace font, praised as one of the best for coding, with serious and well-hinted letterforms that look especially good on Windows.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Called the best monospace font
“the greatest monospace font ever made”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font” “still the best monospace font”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source” Looks especially good on Windows
“I like it over Consolas (although this is one is pretty good on Windows)”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages” “I like Consolas in Windows”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: Is there a "canon" of great CLI typography?” Well-hinted, serious-looking typeface
“Well-hinted fonts such as Consolas are indeed very rare.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Bitmap fonts make computers feel like computers again” “Consolas at least looks like a serious type face.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font”
Other monospace fonts people recommend
The four most recommended other monospace fonts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iosevka | 108 | 10 | 92% | 9 | 5 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Nordwand Mono | 40 | 4 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| Myna | 29 | 10 | 74% | 1 | — | — |
| Berkeley Mono | 27 | 6 | 82% | 7 | — | Approved |
| ConsolasThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the greatest monospace font ever made”
“Well-hinted fonts such as Consolas are indeed very rare.”
“Consolas at least looks like a serious type face.”
“lowercase italic 'k's, which are its best glyph”
“Consolas was the one which made the greatest difference from what was available already”
“I like Consolas in Windows”
“still the best monospace font”
“I like it over Consolas (although this is one is pretty good on Windows)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.