By default, the gedit
application uses the
default font settings that are specified in the Font
preference tool to display the text in the gedit
window components such as the menubar, toolbar, and application dialogs. However,
you can customize the font that gedit
uses to display
the text editor window contents. To customize the font settings for the gedit
window contents, perform the following steps:
In the gedit
application, choose Edit -> Preferences.
In the Preferences dialog, select the Fonts & Colors category.
Perform one of the following steps:
To use the default desktop font that is specified in the Font
preference tool, select the Use default theme
font option.
To specify a font, deselect the Use default theme font option, then click on the Font used by the editor button to display the font selector dialog.