Cascadia Code

Cascadia Code[2] is a purpose-built monospaced TrueType font for Windows Terminal, the new command-line interface for Microsoft Windows.

Cascadia Code
CategoryMonospaced
Designer(s)Aaron Bell
Commissioned byMicrosoft
FoundrySaja Typeworks
Date createdSeptember 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)
LicenseSIL Open Font License
Variations of Cascadia Code
Sample
Websitegithub.com/microsoft/cascadia-code
Latest release version2111.01[1] Edit this on Wikidata
Latest release date14 December 2021 (14 December 2021)

It includes programming ligatures and was designed to enhance the look and feel of Windows Terminal, terminal applications and text editors such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.[3] The font is open source under the SIL Open Font License and available on GitHub.[4] It has been bundled with Windows Terminal since version 0.5.2762.0.[5]

Cascadia Code includes box drawing glyphs.[6]

Font family

Multiple typefaces are part of the Cascadia Code font family, representing a variety of text styling options and adjustable weights. The main and Powerline variants of the types are suitable as display fonts. With the exception of Cascadia Mono, all types replace common character combinations with their elided counterparts. Other styles supported by this font family include textual arrows and stylistic sets for italics, alternate graphics, alternate control character glyphs, and a cursive form of italic. Tables of the supported styles and more examples can be viewed in the GitHub README document.

  • Cascadia Code - Variable type intended for terminals and displayed text.
  • Cascadia Code PL - A version of Cascadia Code with embedded Powerline symbols.
  • Cascadia Mono - Monospaced type intended for use with text editors. It preserves characters as entered, without ligatures.
  • Cascadia Mono PL - A version of Cascadia Mono with embedded Powerline symbols.

In addition to the prevalent TTF variable format, these sets are available also in other formats. See the GitHub README for details.

See also

References
  1. "Cascadia Code 2111.01". 14 December 2021.
  2. "Cascadia Code". Microsoft DevBlogs. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. Cinnamon, Kayla (2019-09-18). "Cascadia Code". Microsoft DevBlogs. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  4. About Cascadia Code on GitHub
  5. v0.5.276 on GitHub
  6. Cinnamon, Kayla (2019-10-04). "Cascadia Code 1910.04". Microsoft DevBlogs. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
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