Change Profiles Text preferences in Terminal on Mac
Use Text preferences in Terminal to change the font, text, colour and cursor options for a Terminal window profile.
To change these preferences in the Terminal app on your Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, click Profiles, select a profile, then click Text.
Note: The options you choose in this preference pane apply only to the profile you select. They don’t apply to the Terminal app in general.
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Background | To change the background colour of the Terminal window, click the Colour & Effects colour well, then select a colour. To make the Terminal window translucent or transparent, click the Colour & Effects colour well, then adjust the opacity and blur using the slider. To set the opacity and blur for background windows, select “Inactive Windows”. To show a background image in the Terminal window, 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 | You can use the text options to change the way text appears. To apply text smoothing, select “Antialias text”. To use bold for emphasis, select “Use bold fonts”. To allow text to flash on and off, select “Allow blinking text”. To display text using the colours embedded in some terminal emulator standards, select “Display ANSI colours”. To add emphasis to bold text with colour, select “Use bright colours for bold text”. To change the colour of the text, click the Text colour well, then select a colour. To change the colour of bold text, click the Bold Text colour well, then select a colour. To change the colour of the selected area, click the Selection colour well, then select a colour. | ||||||||||
ANSI Colours | To customise an ANSI colour, click the colour well, then select a colour. | ||||||||||
Cursor | To change the cursor shape, select Block, Underline or Vertical Bar. To change the colour of the Cursor, click the cursor colour well, then select a colour. To have the cursor in the Terminal window blink, select “Blink cursor”. | ||||||||||