The way to do this on a systemd operating system is to edit the font settings in the /etc/nf file. have been superseded on systemd operating systems, although you will find that some operating systems such as Debian try to maintain the older configuration system. If you decide to edit this setting, you will probably want to use a decimal that is close to one. If you set it to 1, the lines of text will be one line apart. This refers to how spaced out the lines of text are. Be aware that this setting is a boolean, so you can set it to either true or false if you'd like. This is a shorthand way of setting '' to a value of 800. a fancy of describing how bold or thin it is. Just be aware that the terminal only supports monospace fonts. If you do not like the default font, you can update it to be another font on your machine. In the GIF above, you can see that 'window.zoomLevel' has a comma after it.Īs added bonus, here's some other terminal settings that you can update in VS Code: Note: Make sure you add a comma after the previous setting, otherwise your JSON will be invalid. This is what it should look like as you edit the setting: It will probably take some messing around with the number for a bit until you get it just right. By default, the terminal font size is set to 14px which is quite small.Īll you have to do is add this line to the file and save: '': 16 This means that a setting of '16' would be equivalent to 16px. This is the magic setting that you need in order to change the terminal's font size.

Once it auto-fills, you can hit enter, or manually click on the right option. Step 1.2: Enter in 'Open Settings (JSON)' To open the command palette, use the keyboard shortcut that corresponds to your operating system: The easiest way to find your 'settings.json' file is through the Command Palette. In this case, we can use it to modify a specific set of settings that target the integrated terminal in VS Code. It holds all of your custom user settings so that you can customize the editor to your liking. In VS Code, the 'settings.json' file is exactly what it sounds like. Step 1: Open your settings.json file in VSCode

Windows terminal font family