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#1 2014-10-08 18:27:45
- thinkpad20
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[SOLVED] Faint, dull fonts in Terminator terminal emulator
I really like the terminator terminal emulator, except for one big problem: fonts on it are rendered slightly faint as compared to other terminal emulators (or at least Guake, which is the other emulator I've used). It's most noticable with white text, which appears as slightly gray. The resulting look is somewhat drab and text is harder to read. I'm not sure if this is the result of a setting or it's an unavoidable consequence of the rendering engine being used (I hope the former).
Has anyone else dealt with this? What did you do?
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#2 2014-10-08 18:37:55
- Trilby
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Re: [SOLVED] Faint, dull fonts in Terminator terminal emulator
That's just the default color scheme. You can select a different colorscheme (white on black rather than grey on black) or just adjust a color scheme to your tastes.
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#3 2014-10-08 19:28:32
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Re: [SOLVED] Faint, dull fonts in Terminator terminal emulator
Except that when I look in the settings, it's telling me that my main text font color is #FFFFFF. So unless I'm missing something, it's already set to be white on black. Just to be sure, can you tell me where I would look to edit these?
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#4 2014-10-08 19:42:13
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Re: [SOLVED] Faint, dull fonts in Terminator terminal emulator
Right click menu -> "Preferences". "Profile" tab -> "colors" sub-tab. "Built-in schemes" combo-box.
It is a bit deceptive as when you first open prefrences you see the font color options - but that is just for the title bar.
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#5 2014-10-08 19:51:40
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Re: [SOLVED] Faint, dull fonts in Terminator terminal emulator
It is a bit deceptive as when you first open prefrences you see the font color options - but that is just for the title bar.
Indeed it is 
Thanks a bunch! That fixed it.
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