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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="task"
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id="app-fonts">
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<info>
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<revision version="0.1" date="2013-02-22" status="candidate"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.34" version="0.2" date="2020-01-04" status="candidate"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#appearance"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="pref#profile"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Sindhu S</name>
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<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="copyright editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="copyright editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Use system fonts or choose a custom font for your terminal.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Change font and style</title>
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<p>When you work with a lot of <app>Terminal</app> text, you may want to
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change the default font to your preference. You have the following
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options:</p>
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<section id="system-font">
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<title>System fixed width font</title>
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<p>To use system default fonts:</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>In the sidebar, select your current profile in the <gui>Profiles</gui>
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section.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <gui style="tab">Text</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Unselect <gui style="checkbox">Custom font</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="custom-font">
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<title>Set a custom font</title>
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<p>To set a custom font and size:</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>In the sidebar, select your current profile in the <gui>Profiles</gui>
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section.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <gui style="tab">Text</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <gui style="checkbox">Custom font</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Click on the button next to <gui style="checkbox">Custom font</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Type the name of your desired font into the search field or browse the
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list of fonts.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Drag the slider that is below the font list to set the font size.
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Alternatively, you can type in the font size into the field next to the
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slider, or click on <gui style="button">+</gui> to increase font size or
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<gui style="button">-</gui> to decrease selected font size.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Click <gui style="button">Select</gui> to apply your changes. To
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discard changes and go back to previous dialog, click
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<gui style="button">Cancel</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="cell-spacing">
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<title>Line spacing and character spacing</title>
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<p><app>Terminal</app> allows you to pull its characters apart for improved
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readability. Line spacing and character spacing can be adjusted from 1.0
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(the regular look) to 2.0 (“double spacing”), including fractional values
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in between.</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>In the sidebar, select your current profile in the <gui>Profiles</gui>
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section.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <gui style="tab">Text</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Go to the <gui>Cell spacing</gui> setting.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>To set the horizontal character spacing, adjust the multiplier number
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in front of <gui>width</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>To set the line spacing, adjust the multiplier number in front of
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<gui>height</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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</page>
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