\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[margin=5mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{nodepthtext}
%use inconsolata font (with pdfLaTeX)
\newcommand\fontIZ{\fontencoding{T1}\fontfamily{zi4}\fontseries{sb}\selectfont}
\begin{document}
%normal version, with depth of letters
{\LARGE\ttfamily A text to show letters with depth.}
%nodepth version, with removing depth and resizing
{\LARGE\ttfamily\nodepth{A text to show letters without depth.}}\\
{\LARGE\ttfamily\nodepth[0.7]{A text to show letters without depth and scaling.}}
\bigskip
%normal version, with depth of letters and accents (inconsolata font)
{\large\fontIZ A text to show depth and a word with accents, météo.}\\
%nodepth version, with removing depth and resizing and accents...
{\large\fontIZ\nodepth{Quote text w/o depth and a word with accents, m\'{e}t\'{e}o.}}\\
{\large\fontIZ\nodepth[0.7]{Quote text w/o depth, scaling and a word with accents, m\'{e}t\'{e}o.}}
\end{document}