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As such, you cannot use those fonts in the Command Prompt. All the other TrueType fonts that come with Windows are variable-width fonts, where the characters can all be different widths. At this point in time, these are the only monospaced TrueType fonts that come with Windows. The first was Lucida Console which was followed later by Consolas. Since all these images are the same width, Terminal is essentially a monospaced font.īecause Raster Fonts are no longer viable, over the years, Microsoft created monospaced TrueType fonts that could be used in the Command Prompt. These fonts, which also go by the name Terminal, are a special type of font whose characters are made up of bitmap images. If you look at the Font list shown in Figure A you can see that, by default, the Command Prompt is configured to a font type called the Raster Fonts.

Must be OEM_CHARSET if it is not a TrueType font.

Must be FF_MODERN if it is a TrueType font.

In addition to the monospaced criteria, Microsoft also specifies that the font for the Command Prompt: In other words, the font’s characters must all occupy the exact same amount of horizontal space. To begin with, it is important to understand that the fonts used in the Command Prompt, must be monospaced fonts. The Command Prompt’s Font list contains two TrueType fonts.

This technique will work in Windows XP, 7, and 8.

Fortunately, the answer is yes with a quick registry edit and the right type of font, you can add to the font list on the Command Prompt’s Font tab. While in my example, I stuck with the default font, many of you noticed that the Font tab on the Command Prompt Properties dialog box, shown in Figure A, contains two TrueType fonts and wondered if it is possible to add other fonts to the list. As I explained in that article, as you begin experimenting with a larger Command Prompt window, you may find that the default font is too small and as such you may want to adjust the font size. In a recent Quick Tip article, I showed you how to calculate the appropriate value to use when configuring a Command Prompt window so that it will fill the screen when maximized. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. With a quick registry edit and the right type of font, you can add to the font list on the Command Prompt's Font tab. Quick Tip: Add fonts to the Command Prompt