Change Profiles Text settings in Terminal on Mac

Use Text settings in Terminal to change the font, text, colour and cursor options for a Terminal window profile.

To change these settings in the Terminal app on your Mac, choose Terminal > Settings, click Profiles, select a profile, then click Text.

Note: The options you choose in this pane apply only to the profile you select. They don’t apply to the Terminal app in general.

Option				Description
Background				Change background options. Colour & Effects: Click the colour well, then select a colour. To make the Terminal window translucent or transparent, use the sliders to adjust the opacity and blur. To set the opacity and blur for background windows, select Inactive Windows, then use the corresponding sliders to make adjustments. Image: Click the Image pop-up menu, choose Choose, then select an image.
Font				To change the font used, click Change in the Font section, then select the font, typeface, and size.
Text				Change the way text appears. Antialias text: Applies text smoothing. Use bold fonts: Uses bold for emphasis. Allow blinking text: Allows text to flash on and off. Display ANSI colours: Displays text using the colours embedded in some terminal emulator standards. Use bold fonts: Adds emphasis to bold text with colour. Text: Change the colour of the text. Click the colour well, then select a colour. Bold Text: Change the colour of bold text. Click the colour well, then select a colour. Selection: Change the colour of the selected text. Click the colour well, then select a colour.
ANSI Colours				To customise an ANSI colour, click the colour well, then select a colour.
Cursor				Change how the cursor appears. Block, Underline, Vertical Bar: Set the shape of the cursor. Blink cursor: Makes the cursor blink. Cursor: Set the colour of the cursor. Click the colour well, then select a colour.

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