#1835 Lucida Console as the default password font

[Raistlin]

Now the default password font is Courier New. It is perhaps the worst choice that could be made: there's no visual difference between '0' (zero) and capital 'O' and between '1' (one) and small 'L'. I suggest to use Lucida Console as the default password font as it hasn't have such issues.

[Dominik Reichl]

The default password font (usually Courier New) will not be changed to Lucida Console [1], because it supports less glyphs than Courier New [2]. As KeePass is available in many languages and some users might use unusual characters in passwords (to increase security), I think it's important to use a font that supports as many glyphs as possible.

In KeePass 2.x, you can change the font used in password text boxes ('Tools' -> 'Options' -> tab 'Interface' -> button 'Select Password Font').

This has now also been implemented for KeePass 1.29. Here's the latest 1.x development snapshot for testing:
http://keepass.info/filepool/KeePass_150201b.zip

Best regards,
Dominik

[1] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1262
[2] http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=1928

[T. Bug Reporter]

FWIW, I don't like Courier New, either, so I set KeePass's password font to Consolas - but this may also be unacceptable as a default, since it's not necessarily present on older systems.