Mac terminal font changes on external monitor

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I have a Dell U2412M Monitor that I connect to my 2015 Macbook Pro with a DVI to Thunderbolt connector.

When I open and view the Terminal on my laptop's screen, the terminal looks like this:

laptop terminal

This is how I want it to look. Specifically, it uses Monaco as the display font. However, when I move the same terminal window over to my external monitor, it looks like this:

external monitor terminal

The font has completely changed.

Why?

SomekidwithHTML

Posted 2017-02-15T05:14:46.387

Reputation: 275

That looks like the original/classic Monaco 12 pt (?) bitmap that the TrueType outline font was based on. It probably has something to do with the fact that the Dell monitor is not a Retina display. Not sure why it isn't anti-aliased though. – Spiff – 2017-02-15T06:09:33.870

I suspect Spiff is correct, as the first image has a DPI of 144, while the second is 72. Additionally, they use different ColorSync profiles. – MMB – 2017-02-16T02:53:10.653

Answers

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I solved it this way:

  1. Go to Terminal
  2. Preferences
  3. Profiles (select your profile)
  4. Text
  5. Check Antialias text

Check antialias text option

marc_aragones

Posted 2017-02-15T05:14:46.387

Reputation: 291

1This definitely works (and feels so good) - but why isn't it turned on by default? Is it a performance concern? – Aditya M P – 2018-08-02T14:27:22.623

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