https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:07:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/ Hello! I had installed i3 recently, at first sight it looks great. Can you help to increase font size in default terminal?Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:44:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7054#comment-7054There must be **two spaces** between 'cut -d \' and '-f 4'. Askbot`s engine reduce it to one for some reason.Mon, 26 Oct 2015 06:28:51 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7054#comment-7054https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7053#comment-7053@Anon1234: That's quite a command!Mon, 26 Oct 2015 05:32:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7053#comment-7053https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7051#comment-7051To check which terminal emulator is being currently used run: basename $(ps -f -p $(cat /proc/$(echo $$)/stat | cut -d \ -f 4) | tail -1 | sed 's/^.* //')Sun, 25 Oct 2015 19:44:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7051#comment-7051https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7047#comment-7047Fresh and clean debian netinst x64. How to define which terminal emulator is used for default?Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:48:50 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7047#comment-7047https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7045#comment-7045i3 is not responsible for your terminal and also doesn't define what your default terminal is. Check the manpage of your terminal emulator to see how to configure it. It depends on which one you're using.Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:16:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?comment=7045#comment-7045https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?answer=7406#post-id-7406In the terminal that comes with most distros you would be able to access your preferences menu which is most certainly either somewhere in the menu options on top of your terminal or entered by right clicking and selecting preferences or profile. May I suggest you also select a nicer font than most distros include by default as well. Some nice ones include these https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts Previews of these fonts and many others can be found at https://www.google.com/fonts It is usually sufficient to drop custom font dirs into ~/.fonts but follow directions for your distroMon, 23 Nov 2015 09:07:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?answer=7406#post-id-7406https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?answer=7046#post-id-7046Fresh and clean debian netinst x64. How to define which terminal emulator is used for default? Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:48:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/7044/how-to-increase-font-size-default-terminal/?answer=7046#post-id-7046