diff --git a/src/css/jsoneditor.css b/src/css/jsoneditor.css
index 50ddc91..aca50ab 100644
--- a/src/css/jsoneditor.css
+++ b/src/css/jsoneditor.css
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 .jsoneditor td,
 .jsoneditor th,
 .jsoneditor textarea {
-  font-family: droid sans mono, monospace, courier new, courier, sans-serif;
+  font-family: droid sans mono, consolas, monospace, courier new, courier, sans-serif;
   font-size: 10pt;
   color: #1A1A1A;
 }
diff --git a/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js b/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js
index 8d77945..802e732 100644
--- a/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js
+++ b/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ color: #333\
 }\
 \
 .ace-jsoneditor.ace_editor {\
-font-family: droid sans mono, monospace, courier new, courier, sans-serif;\
+font-family: droid sans mono, consolas, monospace, courier new, courier, sans-serif;\
 line-height: 1.3;\
 }\
 .ace-jsoneditor .ace_print-margin {\