How do I change the default text font in Eclipse?

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How do I set the default font size in Eclipse?

I'd like to set a default for unrecognized file types, like shell scripts and text files.

score 54 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 01 '17 at 18:57

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Software Salariman has posted a solution - "Change Default Text Font in Eclipse".

The default font is set in:

Menu Window → Preferences → General → Appearance → Colors and fonts → Basic/Text Font.

edited Jan 01 '17 at 18:57

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jun 12 '13 at 11:45

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Wow, not so intuitive to find. Thank you. – David Carboni Jul 19 '14 at 13:10
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It's funny it's located under "Basic" considering that Basic is a programming language. – HelloGoodbye Jun 08 '15 at 13:45
Also font type and size can be changed but not color, if I am right – golimar Aug 04 '16 at 09:21
@HelloGoodbye my thought exactly. Even if it weren't, there are established terms like "general", "defaults" etc. But then SO would feel so lonely... – mireazma Jun 03 '18 at 11:15
The problem I am having is that when I switch workspaces, the changes I made to the font settings seem to completely reset. I am wondering how I make my changes the actual default settings? – Zach Pedigo May 23 '23 at 14:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 01 '17 at 19:03

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Use menu Window → Preferences → General → Appearance → Colors and fonts → Basic → Text Font → Edit.

Here you can change your preferred font and size.

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answered Dec 23 '15 at 12:05

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 01 '17 at 19:01

As a side note to this, using Eclipse v4.3 (Kepler), I have just opened up Eclipse on my shiny new works laptop and everything was in Segoe UI font - Bizarre.

I used the following to reset everything as the previous examples didn't seem to format XML and a few other types very well...

General → Appearance → Colors and Fonts → Structured Text Editors → Structured Text Editor Text font (overrides...)

Once I set this to Consolas it seems to have set everything to Consolas :)

How do I change the default text font in Eclipse?

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