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install consolas on mac
# Thanks to this post:
# http://blog.ikato.com/post/15675823000/how-to-install-consolas-font-on-mac-os-x
$ brew install cabextract
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ mkdir consolas
$ cd consolas
$ curl -O http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/5/a/f5a3df76-d856-4a61-a6bd-722f52a5be26/PowerPointViewer.exe
$ cabextract PowerPointViewer.exe
$ cabextract ppviewer.cab
$ open CONSOLA*.TTF
@manmorjim

manmorjim commented Feb 23, 2018

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Thank you!

@RishiSadhir

RishiSadhir commented Feb 27, 2018

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Thank you.

@KevinMcSun

KevinMcSun commented Mar 6, 2018

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Thanks a lot.

@burning-croissant

burning-croissant commented May 2, 2018

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Thank you

@russellbrewer

russellbrewer commented May 10, 2018 •
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Does not work as of May 10th 2018.

I was able to find it here: http://www.fontpalace.com/font-download/Consolas/

@adriaandotcom

adriaandotcom commented Jun 6, 2018

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I get this error:

~/Downloads/consolas $ cabextract PowerPointViewer.exe
PowerPointViewer.exe: no valid cabinets found

@wzup

wzup commented Jun 17, 2018

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Doesn't work!
Error

PowerPointViewer.exe: no valid cabinets found

@DemoCrazer

DemoCrazer commented Jul 10, 2018

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The link doesn't work anymore.

@byshen

byshen commented Aug 27, 2018

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me too. seems ms changed the .exe file

ghost commented Sep 11, 2018

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Thank you! (Downloaded PowerPointViewer.exe with font version 5.22 from ccm.net.)

@microdog

microdog commented Sep 18, 2018

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

@sangdo-lee

sangdo-lee commented Oct 12, 2018

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👍

@frankcorneliusmartin

frankcorneliusmartin commented Nov 16, 2018

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

Thanks, that worked!

ghost commented Dec 1, 2018

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Really helpful.

@fuying-wang

fuying-wang commented Dec 4, 2018

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

Thank you very much! That worked!

@boscage

boscage commented Jan 12, 2019

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

This worked for me! Thank you!

@flyz1360

flyz1360 commented Feb 22, 2019

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

That's amazing!

@ziposcar

ziposcar commented Apr 1, 2019

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

This worked! Awesome!

@MarcelArthur

MarcelArthur commented Apr 11, 2019

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curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

Thank you! This worked!

@louisgzli

louisgzli commented Apr 13, 2019

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thank you
curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe
this works for me

@latenitefilms

latenitefilms commented Apr 15, 2019

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Thanks heaps!!

@yakovlevkm

yakovlevkm commented Jun 9, 2019

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Thank you!

@renchenglong2015

renchenglong2015 commented Jul 7, 2019

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curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

thanks

@github4marco

github4marco commented Jul 30, 2019

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awesome

@explooosion

explooosion commented Mar 20, 2020

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$ curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

thanks

@RyanZheng1

RyanZheng1 commented Apr 8, 2020

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curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscorefonts2/files/cabs/PowerPointViewer.exe

awesome

@roeniss

roeniss commented May 10, 2020

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I'd rather download ver 5.22 consolas by searching "consola 5.22" because it's easy than install/uninstall cabextract and remove other residue.

ghost commented Apr 8, 2021

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Thank you!

@chengkangzai

chengkangzai commented Apr 25, 2021

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Fantastic ! Thanks

@550690513

550690513 commented Dec 6, 2021

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