Comments on: Adding fonts to the PowerShell and cmd.exe consoles http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shay Levy http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-93483 Shay Levy Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:12:12 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2727#comment-93483 @Israel Well, it doesn't work for me even after a reboot. John has updated the post with an article that explains the criteria for fonts to be available in the console, there are quiet a lot of them, probably the font you have chosen doesn't meet those restrictions. I'm going to continue to look into this and I'll update if I find anything. By the way, to display Hebrew fonts you can use the ISE. -Shay @Israel

Well, it doesn’t work for me even after a reboot. John has updated the post with an article that explains the criteria for fonts to be available in the console, there are quiet a lot of them, probably the font you have chosen doesn’t meet those restrictions. I’m going to continue to look into this and I’ll update if I find anything.

By the way, to display Hebrew fonts you can use the ISE.

-Shay

]]> By: Shay Levy http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-93476 Shay Levy Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:09:21 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2727#comment-93476 @Israel The article (from Tobias, http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/archive/2008/10/20/chapter-1-the-powershell-console.aspx#specifying-fonts-and-font-sizes) mentions that you need to logoff or restart for the font to show in the properties dialog. Have you tried it? -Shay @Israel

The article (from Tobias, http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/archive/2008/10/20/chapter-1-the-powershell-console.aspx#specifying-fonts-and-font-sizes) mentions that you need to logoff or restart for the font to show in the properties dialog. Have you tried it?

-Shay

]]> By: Israel Bravo http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-93455 Israel Bravo Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:50:23 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2727#comment-93455 Hi, I'm trying to add to Windows console any Hebrew font, but unsuccessfully. I tried several fonts that contain Hebrew letters in the "Fonts" of "Control Panel" - Frank Ruehl or Lucida Sans Unicode, for example. The font is saved in the registry, but after reboot doesn't appear in the console properties window ( I still see only Consolas and Lucida Console ). Do you have any ideas why it happens? The system is Windows 7. Thank you for advice. Hi, I’m trying to add to Windows console any Hebrew font, but unsuccessfully. I tried several fonts that contain Hebrew letters in the “Fonts” of “Control Panel” – Frank Ruehl or Lucida Sans Unicode, for example. The font is saved in the registry, but after reboot doesn’t appear in the console properties window ( I still see only Consolas and Lucida Console ). Do you have any ideas why it happens? The system is Windows 7.

Thank you for advice.

]]> By: Edy http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-60365 Edy Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:57:21 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2727#comment-60365 I did this on XP Sp3 and Consolas was available in the list immediately after the registry entry was added; no reboot or logout was needed. Thank you. I did this on XP Sp3 and Consolas was available in the list immediately after the registry entry was added; no reboot or logout was needed. Thank you.

]]> By: Jon http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-60335 Jon Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:35:08 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2727#comment-60335 I agree that Consolas is a much better font in these applications. In Windows 7 consolas is available as a font choice in cmd.exe and powershell by default. I agree that Consolas is a much better font in these applications. In Windows 7 consolas is available as a font choice in cmd.exe and powershell by default.

]]> By: Chris Hills http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/24/windows-console-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-34525 Chris Hills Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:07:46 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2727#comment-34525 Do you have any idea how to access the "Title" attribute of a font with PowerShell? I can see it in Windows Explorer but as far as I can tell it is not available with Get-ItemProperties. Do you have any idea how to access the “Title” attribute of a font with PowerShell? I can see it in Windows Explorer but as far as I can tell it is not available with Get-ItemProperties.

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