Source Code Pro on Windows doesn't render as nicely

[jaguilar]

I like the way Source Code Pro looks on Mac OS X and Linux. But on Windows it is not really usable next to, e.g., Consolas.

Here's Source Code Pro:

And Consolas:

These are at the same point sizes.

Another weird thing I noticed is that the font that comes up when I select Source Code Pro is the same as the one when I select a random string of text like "foasfboasdj". However, if I select Source Code Pro in Notepad, I see the same font, so I don't know what to think. Maybe it's installed incorrectly? But I honestly cannot see how that would be considering I can see it in the fonts directory and it looks about the same there.

Any ideas what's going on? Is this how it's supposed to look on Windows?

[jaguilar]

Edit: this may be because I accidentally installed two varieties of the regular weight of the font. At any rate, when I reinstalled the font it started to look more sane. Sorry about this.

[pauldhunt]

Make sure you have only one format installed, either TTF or OTF, but not both. On Windows, the TTF files will render better than the OTF fonts in system apps.

@pauldhunt can you elaborate on that?

[pauldhunt]

I thought that the above instructions were fairly explicit. Is there anything in particular you wanted more info on?

This

On Windows, the TTF files will render better than the OTF fonts in system apps.

[miguelsousa]

@svnpenn The difference between the rendering of TrueType and OpenType-CFF fonts on Windows has mostly gone away with DirectWrite. This post will give you some insight: http://blog.typekit.com/2010/10/15/type-rendering-operating-systems/