Microsoft today released a new open-source font called Cascadia Code, and you can find it on the company's GitHub website .
The Cascadia Code font, announced at Microsoft's Build event in May, is a one-dimensional font specifically designed for those who write code or work in terminal applications and software development environments.
The font is available as a standalone download. It will also be included in the next update to Windows Terminal, according to Microsoft.
Windows users who download the font to their system can right-click on it to install it or select preview to display a font preview window.
The preview shows all the main characters of the font, as well as how it will appear in different font sizes. The window has a print and install button.
Linux users, depending on the distribution they use, can also install the font. Ubuntu-based systems as well as Ubuntu itself accept the command fc-cache -f -v to install new fonts.
The Cascadia Code font, like the Hack font we introduced earlier, is designed specifically for writing code, but it can certainly be used for other, simpler, purposes.
The font version follows the Windows versioning system. The first version of Cascadia Code is version 1909.16, which indicates that it was released to the public on September 16, 2019. You can download it from here.
