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newuser
Asked: 2012-05-05 06:26:07 +0800 CST

How do I change the default font for the terminal and gedit?

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I want to change the font style in terminal and for default gedit as well.So how to change the font type in Ubuntu 12.04?Any help and suggestions will be appreciable.

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Install the gnome-tweak-tool Install gnome-tweak-tool:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

    tweak

    In fonts you can change the system wide font.

    For gedit:

    gedit
    (source: iloveubuntu.net)

    For terminal: terminal

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  2. Not sure about the editor but for the terminal just change the font for the default profile from the

    Edit -> Profile menu

    Cheers

    S

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  3. For the terminal, you can right-click in the content window (not the title bar), and choose 'Profiles', then 'Profile preferences'. You then get the same dialog as showed in 0x00F's answer

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