Monospace console font?

I can’t belive that Unity doesn’t use monospace font for console. I would really need it for debugging.

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Me neither

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monospace, yes!

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This functionality would be really nice for debugging purposes. I often use the console to visualize (generally mesh/texture oriented) algorithms in their early phases, but this isn’t really possible in the unity console without mono space.

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I would very much like the console to use a monospace font. This would make certain debugging tasks much easier!

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@UnityMaru could you get this to the eyes of the relevant team, pretty please? :slight_smile:

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Just discovered this. Definitely +1!

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As a (terrible) work around if you don’t need to click the lines in the console, you can use tail/grep on the editor log. Tail and grep can be added to Windows as well. By default your terminal or command prompt should already be using a monospace font.

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monospace would be REALLY useful right now

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Please allow configuring at least the Console font. Even a simple checkbox to use a pre-determined monospace font would work.

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Yeah, default System font is probably fine, or whatever a command prompt uses.

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The use of monospace fonts in programming, especially in debugging has been a de-facto standard for decades. Why it’s still not an option after many years is bewildering to be honest.

If you really really want it, Editor Console Pro lets you use any font in your assets dir.

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Putting a custom font in every project is on the edge of desperate I think.
If it can’t be standard, it should be a global setting. A monospace check box, not a custom font.
And it should support a wide variety of unicode characters.

Of-course, I’d prefer a built-in feature, but let’s be honest here. You can either wait for hell to freeze over, or do it yourself / buy an asset. It’s worth knowing your options.

Though, it doesn’t do any better when it comes to unicode emoji.

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Haha, so dramatic.

It’s not that bad; just drag and drop; and it won’t end up in the build if you don’t use it.

I mean, cumbersome - yes, should be a built in option - absolutely, “edge of desperate” though… :roll_eyes::smile:

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