Is it possible to change the Terminal font?

Bash terminal:

Menu, Edit => Profile Preferences => General tab; uncheck Use the system fixed width font, and select the font you want.

For general xterm terminal, you need to create a file ~/.Xresources, and add settings to it, such as xterm*font: Sublime\ Text\ 2-12 for 12 point (this is a guess, I don't know if it's totally correct).


Though you did not mention what font you are using or what terminal you are referring, I am giving a general answer to change font in gnome-terminal.

I am giving two ways to do this, though both are relatively close to each other

Formal way

  • Open the terminal with pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  • Then go from menu Edit → Profiles. On the profile edit window, click on the Edit button.
  • Then in the General tab, uncheck Use the system fixed width font, and then select your desired font from dropdown menu

Easier way

  • Open the terminal with pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
  • Right click on the terminal, from the appeared popup menu, go to Profiles → Profile Preferences
  • Then in the General Tab, uncheck Use the system fixed width font, and then select your desired font from dropdown menu.

I am giving two screenshots below:

Image of popup menu

Image of the "Edit" profile window


Ubuntu 18.04 or higher

Now this setting is under

Edit->Preferences-> Unnamed-> Text -> Check Custom font

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