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Bug 320616 - [JFace] New default fonts on Windows 7
Summary: [JFace] New default fonts on Windows 7
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.7 M2   Edit
Assignee: Susan McCourt CLA
QA Contact: Susan McCourt CLA
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Blocks: 293356
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Reported: 2010-07-22 08:05 EDT by Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA
Modified: 2011-07-12 11:06 EDT (History)
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Description Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA 2010-07-22 08:05:33 EDT 
It would be nice if the JFace fonts could be changed on Windows 7 to align better with the system fonts. 

For example, the text editor font should be "Consolas" instead of "Courier New" if the font is available on the system. (AFAIK Consolas is included in Windows 7 now).
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2010-07-22 08:11:08 EDT 
Sounds like this could be a duplicate of bug 293356.
Comment 2 Gunnar Wagenknecht CLA 2010-07-22 10:22:34 EDT 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Sounds like this could be a duplicate of bug 293356.

At least it's related and could be solved together.
Comment 3 Susan McCourt CLA 2010-09-08 20:08:39 EDT 
Fixed in HEAD >20100908.
We now specify variants of Segoe UI for the banner and header fonts.
We specify Consolas for the text font.  Opened bug 324810 to ensure that the text block selection font is updated to specify Consolas on windows7.
Comment 4 Paul Webster CLA 2010-09-14 10:34:22 EDT 
In I20100914-0100
PW
Comment 5 Hosam Aly CLA 2011-07-12 11:06:42 EDT 
May I suggest setting the size of the Consolas font to 11, which is more similar to Courier New 10?