Change Profiles Text settings in Terminal on Mac
Use Text settings in Terminal to change the font, text, color, 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.
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Background | Change background options. Color & Effects: Click the color well, then select a color. 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.
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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 colors: Displays text using the colors embedded in some terminal emulator standards. Use bright colors for bold text: Adds emphasis to bold text with color. Text: Change the color of the text. Click the color well, then select a color. Bold Text: Change the color of bold text. Click the color well, then select a color. Selection: Change the color of the selected text. Click the color well, then select a color.
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ANSI Colors | To customize an ANSI color, click the color well, then select a color. |
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 color of the cursor. Click the color well, then select a color.
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