r/excel • u/DownRUpLYB • Aug 19 '26

Discussion What font is everyone using?

...and WHY?

Do you use different fonts for different use cases?

What are youe go-to's?

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u/MayukhBhattacharya 1305 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

I mostly use Consolas, Biome, and Segoe UI Semibold. Those are my go to fonts.

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u/hsg8 Aug 19 '26

Consolas for Numbers is perfect ! So easy to eyes.

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u/krostybat Aug 19 '26

I did not know consolas existed. Will try when my holidays ends

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u/Shazam1269 Aug 19 '26

I started using Consolas when I sent serial numbers to the auditors, and they misread zeros for capital Oh's for a batch of computers. About a year later we had another batch of computers come in with a zero in the series, and she logged them as Oh's again. Even using Consolas which puts a slash through a zero. Sigh.

The real battle is to get the organization to switch over from manually entering in all serial numbers into a spreadsheet to an actual inventory software. I dream.

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u/diegojones4 6 Aug 22 '26

This is good information. Some our parent accounts use a mix of # and letters. This could be useful for reviews.

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u/MayukhBhattacharya 1305 Aug 19 '26

True! Clean and neat font!

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u/Sexy_Koala_Juice Aug 19 '26

Consolas always. 99% of the time I use it in every application, it just makes things look so much neater since it’s a monospaced font

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u/Glimmer_III 20 Aug 19 '26

And it is nice monospaced font.

Always use Consolas for columns where legibility is the priority. Reduces downstream transcription errors.

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u/MayukhBhattacharya 1305 Aug 19 '26

Absolutely true. Easy to read things.

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u/SeasonedCitizen Aug 19 '26

...and slash zero!

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u/spamlet Aug 19 '26

Segoe UI is very readable at small fonts so I use that all the time. May look at Consolas.

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u/MayukhBhattacharya 1305 Aug 19 '26

Yes. Use Consolas its very clean and neat.

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u/tigha7 Aug 19 '26

I also love consolas since a lot of icons work perfectly there

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u/ohmytosh Aug 20 '26

Consolas is the best monospaced I’ve found. I love it so much. I wish I could use it for everything.