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