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Adding a monospace TrueType font for the Windows console

If you want to change the system default monospace font for your Windows command-line, there are a few steps.

  1. Make sure you have the font installed in Windows
  2. Add a new "00" registry value with the font name at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont.  Add a zero to the value name for each additional font that you want.
  3. Open a console window, go to properties and select font options.  Swith to TrueType and select the font.  It won't show in the window until you reboot, however.
  4. Reboot.

Full details are here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247815