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wget -O /tmp/YaHei.Consolas.1.12.zip https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/uigroupcode/YaHei.Consolas.1.12.zip
unzip /tmp/YaHei.Consolas.1.12.zip
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/consolas
sudo mv YaHei.Consolas.1.12.ttf /usr/share/fonts/consolas/
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/fonts/consolas/YaHei.Consolas.1.12.ttf
cd /usr/share/fonts/consolas
sudo mkfontscale && sudo mkfontdir && sudo fc-cache -fv
@TheTajinMan

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Tried it in Linux Mint 19.3 and it worked perfectly fine! thank you very much

@darkguy2008

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This works great, thanks so much!

@AcuteSyntax

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Still works as of September, thanks!

@LarsHLunde

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This is the stranges and most wholesome little gist 👍

@yilinbp

yilinbp commented Oct 20, 2020

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Still works as of September, thanks!

Hi, I have downloaded with the commands above,
How can I implement in Ubuntu?
Could you please help me?
Thanks in advance !

@rulon

rulon commented Oct 30, 2020

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Still works as of September, thanks!

Hi, I have downloaded with the commands above,
How can I implement in Ubuntu?
Could you please help me?
Thanks in advance !

try this:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-fonts-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux

@cobusLee

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Thanks, It works well on Linux Mint 20 Ulyana!!

ghost commented Dec 17, 2020

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How can I add this to Visual Studio Code.. "Consolas" is not working.

@gilpabu

gilpabu commented Jan 7, 2021

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it works on Oracle Linux 7 thanks!

@ppalone

ppalone commented Feb 16, 2021

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How can I add this to Visual Studio Code.. "Consolas" is not working.

Try adding "YaHei Consolas Hybrid"

@ZP-Z

ZP-Z commented Mar 22, 2021

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How can I add this to Visual Studio Code.. "Consolas" is not working.

Try adding "YaHei Consolas Hybrid"

nICe !!!!

@jonardcaguioa

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thank you so much~

@jonardcaguioa

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how can i add consolas to python fpdf font ?

@100Mbps

100Mbps commented Jul 1, 2021

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thank you very much.Tested on
Linux work 5.4.0-58-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 9 08:16:25 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

@emillynge

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Also, to use as a fallback font for Consolas create this font config file:

~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/20-consolas.conf
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <description>USe Yahei Consolas when Consolas is requested</description>

  <match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family"><string>Consolas</string></test>
  <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same"><string>YaHei Consolas Hybrid</string></edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

@wajihullahbaig

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Works 20.04 as of today :)

@AbdelhamidAITMHID

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Tested on Ubuntu 20.10 LTS
Works well
Thank you

@RahulLooserR

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Thank you

@andrey-zakharov

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image
broken cyrillic

@DarkRoku12

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Tested in Zorin OS 16, works great!

@aaron-nuy

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Works on Manjaro Xfce

@JomenkoXD

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Thank you a lot!
Still works.

@ALEX-YRDM

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Still work on ubuntu20.04
Sep,2022

@onatkarabulut

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Tested on Ubuntu 22.04.02 LTS
works perfectly!

@Preet-Sojitra

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How can I add this to Visual Studio Code.. "Consolas" is not working.

Try adding "YaHei Consolas Hybrid"

Worked even in 2023!! Thanks ❤️

@LarsHLunde

LarsHLunde commented Nov 6, 2023

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Fun fact, if you are on RHEL, Rocky, Fedora or Oracle Linux,
the same commands work as long as you run :
sudo yum install xorg-x11-font-utils

@Fabxx

Fabxx commented Dec 31, 2023

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How do i apply this on xfce4-terminal? the terminal only shows fc-list :mono fonts

@siposm

siposm commented Mar 8, 2024

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Working is confirmed on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
VSCode should have 'YaHei Consolas Hybrid' not 'consolas' as font setting.

@YugandharrPatil

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the tilde character looks bad :( switched off because of it...
not the same in the regular consolas font though.

@edgar1437

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Works perfectly fine on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Thanks a lot!

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