48

I upgraded to IntelliJ 2020.1, which uses the new JetBrains Mono font by default. However, I would like to switch back to using the previous default, but I don't remember the name. What was the name of the default font on pre-2020.1 versions of IntelliJ IDEA?

Adam Millerchip
  • 20,844
  • 5
  • 51
  • 74

2 Answers2

82

There is an official comment on the IntelliJ support site, stating the pre-2020.1 defaults per operating system are as follows:

  • Mac OS: Menlo
  • Linux: DejaVu Sans Mono
  • Windows: Consolas
  • Fallback: Monospaced

I checked the default settings on IDEA version 2019.3 on OSX, and the default font is indeed Menlo, Size 12, Line spacing 1.2.

You can configure it by going to Preferences → Editor → Font

Adam Millerchip
  • 20,844
  • 5
  • 51
  • 74
  • 3
    you save my eyes, people need time to familiar with the new font – Max Ng May 05 '20 at 08:18
  • Messed up both my shortcuts and the fonts, until I found this. Beware of upgrading to 2020.1. – Tool May 23 '20 at 10:03
  • For me, the previous font pretty surely was **Consolas**, point 13. But who knows. Bad move by PhpStorm – agoldev Jun 11 '20 at 07:10
  • 1
    According to IntelliJ's blog the new font was designed to be better for coding (https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2020/01/15/jetbrains-mono-a-new-font-made-for-developers/), but just the second day I had trouble debugging something until I realized I had mistaken a 0 for an 8 due to the new font. – Ricardo van den Broek Jul 30 '20 at 14:50
  • @RicardovandenBroek try 08O (zero, eight, capital o), their capital o is really like 0 shape, thin and high – david valentino Oct 15 '20 at 03:06
  • @RicardovandenBroek I spent years upon years with the same font. IDE is almost a continuation of my hands and nerves. I can't have it changed. I am not compatible with different fonts. I think the font must remain exactly the same no matter what. At least it should be easy to choose that way. – Gherman Oct 22 '20 at 10:15
  • I think that Manlo is one of the best font to use with PyCharm. – Save Mar 21 '22 at 08:25
17

The easiest option is to do Preferences -> Editor -> Color Schema -> Color Scheme Font

And choose "Classic Light". It will revert Font back to Menlo, size 12 and line spacing 1.2

Bojan Petkovic
  • 2,406
  • 15
  • 26
  • 2
    Thank God. I updated and it was all so different I couldn't continue working. I think I will die of a heart attack because of these guys who think they can just change IDE appearance. – Gherman Oct 22 '20 at 10:13
  • I wonder why didn't make the switch optional -- at least when upgrading an existing installation. – Grodriguez Dec 02 '20 at 18:29