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SamTalks
SamTalks

Reputation: 283

How do you change terminal font size in OSX withOUT changing the terminal window size as well?

In OSX, changing font size in terminal by hitting CMD and ('+' or '-') changes the window size as well. THis is annoying as I have to always resize the window back to the correct size.

Is there any way to keep the window size constrained during font size changing?

The workaround I have is to use a windows manager such as Moom to resize the window quickly after each font size change, but I'd love to know if I can eliminate the window re-sizing step altogether. Thanks!

Upvotes: 11

Views: 11490

Answers (2)

Gabriel
Gabriel

Reputation: 1273

In addition to the correct answer:

Propagate Terminal Settings after using CMD +/- or Resizing:

  • Simple Save Settings: Menu: Shell > Use Settings as Default
    • Stores the current terminal (with resized window and font) settings 
    to the current profile. It *does* make that profile the default for 
    all future terminal windows, but this can easily be changed in the 
    Profiles tab under Menu: Terminal > Preferences.
  • Export Settings: Menu: Shell > Export
  • Import Settings: Menu: Shell > Import
    • Save the current terminal settings (Resized Window, Font, etc) to a 
    saved profile and import as new profile.

Mass Assignment of Terminal Settings:

  • Menu: Terminal > Preferences > Profiles
  • Shift+click or CMD+click - select the profiles you want to mass-assign
  • Change the window size (on Window tab), font (on text tab) or any other supported setting
    • Enables quick changes to several Profiles

BONUS: Article on Various beautification tips at osxdaily

Upvotes: 5

Chris Page
Chris Page

Reputation: 18703

You can customize the Terminal preference settings to set the font size:

Preferences > Settings > [profile] > Text > Font

There is no built-in way to resize the text in an individual window without resizing the window: Terminal preserves the row and column counts whenever possible, since the terminal dimensions normally affect the behavior of programs running in the terminal.

Upvotes: 11

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