Public static FontInfo SetCurrentFont( string font, short fontSize = 0)Ĭonsole.WriteLine( 'Set Current Font: ' + font) Private static readonly IntPtr ConsoleOutputHandle = GetStdHandle(StandardOutputHandle) Internal static extern bool GetCurrentConsoleFontEx( IntPtr hConsoleOutput, bool MaximumWindow, ref FontInfo ConsoleCurrentFontEx) Internal static extern bool SetCurrentConsoleFontEx( IntPtr hConsoleOutput, bool MaximumWindow, ref FontInfo ConsoleCurrentFontEx) Internal static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle( int nStdHandle)

Private const int StandardOutputHandle = -11

Private const int FixedWidthTrueType = 54 However, in the API, it has to have less than 16 characters in the name - which is a restriction the console itself doesn't have, and may be a bug in the API and not my code below ? using System Using this API you can chose variable width fonts like 'Times New Roman'. Note that the relevant docs for CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX and SetCurrentConsoleFontEx do not talk about this, and the struct defines the font face as a WCHAR field of size 32.Īlso note what's not a limitation, but is a restriction from the console dialog, is that the font has to have True Type outlines, and must be genuinely fixed width. I have copied PInvoke code from various places, particularly the PowerShell console host, and the Microsoft Docs Does anyone know a programmatic way to set the font that will work with the built-in 'Lucida Sans Typewriter' or the open source 'Fira Code Retina'? This following code works: I can't get this to work for font names that are 16 characters or longer, but the console itself obviously doesn't have this limitation.

Font closest to lucida sans unicode