Matt
3-and-a-half-years after this answer was posted... and yet another user (me) finds this helpful answer to something I've been unclear about for a long time.
UT Rocks!!!Thanks for digging this up! I have been using Courier New for the longest time and was thinking of spicing up my programming hours. I guess I will give Consolas a try. =)
How about you? What font have you been using? Consolas as well?
This link has other suggestions as well:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4689/recommended-fonts-for-programming?page=3&tab=votes#tab-topDennis