How to Customize the Font in Windows Command Prompt

Changing the Colors and Fonts

1. To open command prompt, click "Start", "Run", type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press OK.

2. Right-click on the top (the title bar) of the command prompt window and select "Properties". You can also access the properties window by holding ALT+SPACE+P. Notice the four tabs at the top of the properties dialogue box: Options, Font, Layout, Colors.

3. When you open the "Options" tab, check "Quick Edit Mode". This will enable you to use the "copy and paste" function in the command prompt window.

   1. It is also recommended that you select "Discard Old Duplicates".

4. Click on the "Layout" Tab. You will see two sets of options: "Window size" and "Screen buffer size".

   1. Window size controls the size of the window you're working with.
   2. Screen buffer size controls what's kept in your computer's buffer memory while you're running the command prompt, which can be up to 9999. It can be viewed using the scroll bar on the side of the window.
5. Set a proper buffer size according to how much space you will need to keep at any given time. A width of 80 and height of 300 is a common buffer size.

6. Choose the color of your text, background screen, and pop-up windows by selecting the "Colors" tab. As you will see, there's an additional frame where you can edit the colors more specifically by their numeric values. For example, you can choose a darker green than you already have access to by plugging in: red:0, green:100, blue:0.

7. Open the "Font" tab. This is where you choose the font you would like to use. You will see two fonts: Raster fonts (as default) and Lucida Console. With this initial step, however, you only have these two fonts available to you. But don't worry, the next step allows you to add new fonts.