I want to change Cmd Font Style

Question

I want to Change Cmd Font with C - Coding.

But I don't know how to change it.

I want to change Basic font -> Terminal Font.

This is my code

CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX cfi;
cfi.cbSize = sizeof cfi;
cfi.nFont = 0;
cfi.dwFontSize.X = 0;
cfi.dwFontSize.Y = 16;
cfi.FontFamily = FF_DONTCARE;
cfi.FontWeight = FW_NORMAL;
wcscpy_s(cfi.FaceName,9, L"Terminal");
SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), FALSE, &cfi);

My Development Environment is on Windows 10.

Works fine. The default is already Terminal, be sure that you can see the differences. Others are "Consolas" and "Lucida Console". Don't lie to wcscpy_s(). — Hans Passant, Aug 09 '15 at 14:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 09 '15 at 18:51

The problem with the SetCurrentConsoleFontEx() function, is that the width of the font is not optional. You have to use a value which is consistent with the Y size and supported by the chosen font.

For Terminal, the following should work:

cfi.dwFontSize.X = 12;
cfi.dwFontSize.Y = 16;

If you want to check the font size available, you can enumerate the fonts. For example, with this small code:

// callback to display some infos about one font 
int CALLBACK logfont(_In_ const LOGFONT    *lplf, 
    _In_ const TEXTMETRIC *lptm,
    _In_       DWORD      dwType,
    _In_       LPARAM     lpData
    )
{
    wcout << L"Font " << (wchar_t*)lplf->lfFaceName << L" " << lplf->lfHeight<<L" "<<lplf->lfWidth <<endl;
    return 1;
}

// this callback is then used in a statement like:  
EnumFonts(GetDC((HWND)GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)),L"Terminal", logfont, NULL);

For more in-depth infos about installed fonts, this MSDN article may interest you.

I want to change Cmd Font Style

This is my code

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