From 40900442d82c26e421723a0b6db7ce1f0d4ae8af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janek Bevendorff <janek@jbev.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:48:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use Consolas on Windows for PasswordEdit instead of the
 default Courier New, resolves #1226

---
 src/gui/PasswordEdit.cpp | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/PasswordEdit.cpp b/src/gui/PasswordEdit.cpp
index 54b0ca2881..ad736bf207 100644
--- a/src/gui/PasswordEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/PasswordEdit.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,18 @@ PasswordEdit::PasswordEdit(QWidget* parent)
 {
     setEchoMode(QLineEdit::Password);
     updateStylesheet();
-    
-    // set font to system monospace font and increase letter spacing
+
+    // use a monospace font for the password field
     QFont passwordFont = QFontDatabase::systemFont(QFontDatabase::FixedFont);
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    // try to use Consolas on Windows, because the default Courier New has too many similar characters
+    QFont consolasFont = QFontDatabase().font("Consolas", passwordFont.styleName(), passwordFont.pointSize());
+    const QFont defaultFont;
+    if (passwordFont != defaultFont) {
+        passwordFont = consolasFont;
+    }
+#endif
+
     passwordFont.setLetterSpacing(QFont::PercentageSpacing, 110);
     setFont(passwordFont);
 }