Cascadia Code is a purpose-built
monospaced TrueType font for
Windows Terminal, the new command-line interface for
Microsoft Windows
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.
It includes programming
ligatures
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and was designed to enhance the look and feel of Windows Terminal, terminal applications and text editors such as
Visual Studio and
Visual Studio Code.
The font is
open source
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under the
SIL Open Font License
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It was created by SIL International ...
and available on
GitHub. It has been bundled with Windows Terminal since version 0.5.2762.0.
Cascadia Code includes
box drawing glyphs.
Font family
Multiple typefaces are part of the Cascadia Code font family, representing a variety of text styling options and adjustable weights. The main and Powerline variants of the types are suitable as display fonts. With the exception of Cascadia Mono, all types replace common character combinations with their elided counterparts. Other styles supported by this font family include textual arrows and stylistic sets for italics, alternate graphics, alternate control character glyphs, and a cursive form of italic. Tables of the supported styles and more examples can be viewed in the GitHub README document.
* Cascadia Code - Variable type intended for terminals and displayed text.
* Cascadia Code PL - A version of Cascadia Code with embedded Powerline symbols.
* Cascadia Mono - Monospaced type intended for use with text editors. It preserves characters as entered, without ligatures.
* Cascadia Mono PL - A version of Cascadia Mono with embedded Powerline symbols.
In addition to the prevalent TTF variable format, these sets are available also in other formats. See the GitHub README for details.
See also
*
Consolas
*
Fixedsys
*
List of monospaced typefaces
References
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