Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/OverpassDownloadAction.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/OverpassDownloadAction.java	(revision 8710)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/OverpassDownloadAction.java	(revision 8711)
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.download.DownloadDialog;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.progress.ProgressMonitor;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.util.GuiHelper;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.widgets.HistoryComboBox;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.io.BoundingBoxDownloader;
@@ -129,4 +130,5 @@
 
             overpassQuery = new JTextArea("[timeout:15];", 8, 80);
+            overpassQuery.setFont(GuiHelper.getMonospacedFont(overpassQuery));
             JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(overpassQuery);
             pnl.add(new JLabel(tr("Overpass query: ")), GBC.std().insets(5, 5, 5, 5));