Many people work regularly with the Windows command prompt. One of the main problems users encounter, however, is the difficulty of achieving the same look every time one works with the command prompt interface. This article is intended to...
Part 1 of 2:
Changing the Colors and Fonts
To open command prompt, click "Start", "Run", type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press OK.
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.
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.
Click on the "Layout" Tab. You will see two sets of options: "Window size" and "Screen buffer size".
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.
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.
Part 2 of 2:
Adding New Fonts
To add new fonts, click "Start", "Run" and type "regedit" (without the quotes). Press OK.
Go to this key: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionConsoleTrueTypeFont".
Before you proceed please take a look at the "Warnings" section below. Right-click on "TrueTypeFont" key, click "New" and then click "String Value".
Enter "00" (without the quotes) as the name of the new value you just created. For the next values, just enter a "0" each time. For example, the third value should be named "000" and so on. Please note that you have to name them exactly as shown; otherwise, the function won't work.
Now, double-click on the value you created and write the font name in the "value data" bar (for example, "courier new").
Close "Registry Editor" and reboot your computer. You should be able to see the new font(s) under the "Font" tab in the properties window the next time you run command prompt.
To save changes, after you press "OK" in the properties window, choose one of the following options:
Right-click on the top of the command prompt window (the title bar) and click "Defaults", which will give you have access to a window like the properties window. Using this window, however, will affect every command prompt, no matter where it's running from.
Jessica TannerUpdate 04 March 2020
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