It’s about 2 years now that I use a black background in Visual studio with TextMate inspired font "Monaco" and I still love it. For those who wants to try you can download the fonts and the setting file from my server on http://www.belgianagencies.com/content/Visual Studio 2008_Monaco.zip
Install the fonts by copying the Monaco.ttf to c:\windows\fonts and use the Visual Studio Tools-Import & Export settings wizard to configure the font’s settings.
GVD
