14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released a new font called Cascadia Code after previously announcing it at the Build developer conference in May.
Cascadia Code is mostly aimed at developers and is specifically optimized for command line applications and code editors. Microsoft says it developed the font to be used the new Windows Terminal application, but at the same time, it’s also recommended with other apps like Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
The new font will be included in Windows Terminal by default, and users will receive it when they install the next version of the app.
Aimed at command-line apps
As many other things released by Microsoft lately, Cascadia Code is open source and is available on GitHub.
“The name Cascadia Code originated from the Windows Terminal project. Before it was released, the codename for Windows Terminal was Cascadia. In fact, some of the source files within the Terminal still use this name! As an homage to the Terminal, we liked the idea of naming the font after its codename,” Kayla Cinnamon, Program Manager, Windows Terminal, Console, & Command-Line, explains.
“We added Code to the end of the font name to help indicate that this font was intended for programming. Specifically, it helps identify that it includes programming ligatures.”
Users can install the new font from the GitHub page, and developers are encouraged to contribute to the project for further improvements in the coming months.
Microsoft says it’ll use the Windows versioning syntax for the font, so the current version is 1909.16 – the next version of Windows 10 due in the fall is codenamed 19H2 and is likely to land as version 1909.
Windows Terminal is also available for download as a preview, and it requires Windows 10 build 18392 and newer.