User blog comment:Sarah Manley/New Editor Scheduled for Sitewide Release/@comment-5473581-20110901001405/@comment-5473581-20110902000813

Whatever the new font is, something about the edges make it difficult to read.

What's wrong with using an old-school font like courier? Do you think people would really think "i'm not editing here, that font looks old!"?


 * The lines in consolas are sometimes more than 1 pixel in width, making it appear more "bold" than courier.
 * The curves have more jagged edges in consolas than courier: compare the letter q
 * Also compare the letter v, even straight lines appear jagged, making the letter non-symmetrical.
 * An x, while displaying the vertical symmetry than the v does not, is not horizontally symmetrical.
 * The line height in consolas is 1px taller than courier, each letter is 1px taller, making them appear stretched.
 * So if you were to line up the top of the first T in each image, the bottom of the p on the last line in consolas is 5px lower than in courier.  Consolas uses more space than courier.

Yes, I can just override the font myself. I'm telling you why I'm doing it and why changing to Consolas is a bad choice.