this is so broken.
I installed the Bitstream Vera fonts (download from here) on Windows XP. I rebooted, changed font display options from 120 dpi to 96 dpi (which is more appropriate anyway since I’m only running at 1280×1024, to avoid 60 f—ing hz refresh rates at 1600×1200), whatever, I checked everything. No matter what, the fonts folder view (open %windir%\fonts in explorer in winXP) shows all 10 combinations of Bitstream Vera, while Developer Studio only shows three (Options – Environment – Fonts and colors) — Vera Sans, Vera Sans Mono Bold, and Vera Serif.
Lame workaround: Pick Vera Sans Mono Bold, close devstudio, edit the registry key:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\FontAndColors\{guid…}.
(I’m not typing that whole thing, just go to the FontAndColors key and search for Vera, then whack the bold off the end.) Lame-ass. Why aren’t all the fonts shown?
Update: I’m actually using Verdana now, because fixed-point fonts aren’t that necessary when you’re working on team that couldn’t care less about 80 column text anyway, but it’s still annoying.