Editor font for box drawing ascii chars needed

Question

I have (old) C(++) source code files with tons of comments using "box drawing ascii characters".

- In Visual Studio 6 the best font was the sizeable "MS Linedraw",
- in Visual Studio 2008 I only have the (too small) "Terminal" (9 pts) [the next size is too big].
- In Visual Studio 2010 I dont find a font, I see only a lot of magic chars.
- and the next Visual Studios... same?

Because of source control I cannot convert all comment blocks. Sometimes they describe graficaly the functionality (in VS2010 - I cannot 'see' that).

What can I do? Is there a commercial font I can buy? Is there any idea else?
The source code dont have multibyte or unicode - only pure 1 Byte chars - it is code for a driver ...

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schneijo

Answer 1

Hi schneijo,

>>In Visual Studio 2010 I dont find a font, I see only a lot of magic chars.

We can find the font through click Tools->Options->Environment->Fonts and Colors.

And now you can see the font in the dialog. And you can select the font in the Font box. You can refer to this photo.

https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=475F7E3EBE2EEF90&id=475F7E3EBE2EEF90%21167

And, VS2010 doesn’t have Terminal in the font dropdown list. VS2008 has it.

If I have misunderstood anything, please feel free to let us know.

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Lucy Liu [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 2

Lucy,

you misunderstood me.

My problem is, that I have code using 'extended' ascii chars. Inside of the code there are comment blocks with semigrafic block characters. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437)

Sometimes these chars are documenting code functionality. Too the code is under source control...

In old VS versions I got the fonts to show these chars. In new Versions > VS2008 I see in all fonts only chars like Û? (VS2008 was the last viewable version, but with an eye killing 9pt Teminal). Actual there is no font, which I can use.

Or is there a setting to work around?

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schneijo

Answer 3

schneijo, see if this is what you wanted

Extended ascii visual studio 2010: http://softwaretopic.informer.com/extended-ascii-visual-studio-2010/

Answer 4

breathfish,

sorry, which tool do you mean?
I need a font (?) to show existing extended ASCII chars in VisualStudio 2010ff.

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schneijo