Change fonts in CotEditor on Mac

Change the editor’s font and text size to adjust the appearance of text in your documents.

CotEditor handles diverse types of documents and switches between a standard font and a monospaced font depending on the document type automatically. By default, the standard font is used when the syntax kind is “General,” and the monospaced font is used when the syntax kind is “Code.”

Temporarily change the editor font

You can temporarily change the font used to view the current document from the Format > Font submenu.

Note: Changes made here apply only to the current document. Moreover, because plain text, the text format handled by CotEditor, does not include style information, font settings are not saved in the document. When you close and reopen the document, the default font is applied again.

Change the font

  1. In the CotEditor app on your Mac, open a document.

  2. Choose Format > Font > Show Fonts.

  3. Select the font you want to use in the Fonts window.

You can also quickly switch to the standard or monospaced font specified in Appearance settings by choosing Format > Font > Standard or Monospaced.

Change the text size

  1. In the CotEditor app on your Mac, open a document.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Format > Font > Bigger or Smaller.

    • Click the Text Size button in the toolbar (you can add it by customizing the toolbar).

    • Use the pinch gesture in the editor.

Adjust font options

  1. In the CotEditor app on your Mac, open a document.

  2. Choose Format > Font, then choose Show Ligatures or Antialiasing.

Ligatures take effect only when supported by the selected font.

Restore the default font

  1. In the CotEditor app on your Mac, open a document.

  2. Choose Format > Font > Reset to Default.

You can also double-tap with two fingers in the editor to restore the text size to the default.

Change the default font settings

Set the default fonts used when opening documents in the Settings window. Choose which fonts to use for standard and monospaced fonts in Appearance settings, and control which type of font is used per document type in Mode settings.

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