Font Setting in VS2010 - missing FixedSys

Question

After installing VS2010 yesterday - (both VS2005 and VS2010 installed), I can't find the "FixedSys" style font from the Fonts and Colors -> Font (pull down list).

I can still use the font in VS2005.

[update] I just searched "C:\WINDOWS\Fonts", there is no Fixedsys style in the folder.

Any suggestions on how to make FixedSys available as a choice in Visual Studio 2010?

Answer 1

I'm not sure, but this might be happening because Fixedsys isn't TrueType. Fixedsys Excelsior is a TrueType font based on Fixedsys that should work instead.

Answer 2

This is because the WPF editor is supporting only TrueType fonts, and it's a

limitation of WPF, there's no way for Visual Studio to add or reinstate support for raster fonts

See this MS Connect issue titled Code Editor Cannot Select Fixedsys.