By default, the Terminal
application uses
the default font settings that are specified in the Font
preference tool to display the text in the Terminal
window components such as the titlebar, toolbar, menubar, and application
dialogs. However, Terminal
uses fixed-width fonts
to display the contents of the Terminal
window,
that is the text that is displayed at the command line.
To change the font settings for the contents of the Terminal
window, start the Terminal
application,
then choose Edit -> Current
Profile. In the General tabbed
section, specify a font for the window contents as follows:
Deselect the Use the same font as other applications option.
Click on the font selector button to select the font type
and font size to use for the contents of the Terminal
window.