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.

[ghost]

@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?

[ghost]

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/