# Change REPL font size

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574 "2018-11-15T19:30:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luis_de_sousa/32/5503_2.png) [@Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luis_de_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/1 "2018-11-15T19:30:08Z")

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I just installed the latest Juno edition on my home system. The REPL is portrayed with a disproportionately large font:

 ![Juno](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/3/8/384e6a3726f062048aead0a83e35e2fd029f3e19.png)

How can I reduce it? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Ajaychat3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ajaychat3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ajaychat3)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/2 "2018-11-16T00:30:39Z")

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Right click on top left corner. A menu will appear. Select properties and select the option. This is what I do to adjust font size in REPL.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/3 "2018-11-16T08:33:38Z")

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Hm, that’s weird – the console font size should always be equal to that in the editor. Can you give me some more details about your setup? What OS, any display scaling options active any other potentially useful info?

Also, one thing you could try is to go to `Settings > Packages > julia-client` and enable the `Fallback Renderer` option.

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**Author:** ![Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luis_de_sousa/32/5503_2.png) [@Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luis_de_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/4 "2018-11-19T18:40:04Z")

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The context menu that appears when I click the top left corner of the REPL does not have a _Properties_ item.

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**Author:** ![Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luis_de_sousa/32/5503_2.png) [@Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luis_de_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/5 "2018-11-19T18:46:09Z")

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This is on Ubuntu 18.04 with default display settings; the `julia-client` package is version 0.7.10.

I can not find the _Fallback Renderer_ option in the _Settings_ page. Can you give me hint on where it is?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/6 "2018-11-20T09:48:52Z")

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You should have a `Julia` menu entry in the menu bar:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/8/1803aa19defe99bd65ac3f8958843418b923492e.jpeg)  
which has a `Settings...` entry at the bottom.  
If you don’t see that press `Ctrl-Shift-P` (or `Cmd-Shift-P` on macs) to bring up the command panel and type in `Julia Client: Settings`.

Either way you’ll get to the Julia specific settings Juno has – scroll down until you get to the `Console Options` headline and you’ll find the `Fallback Renderer` option:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/f/ff77fdd5dff7e1c49de9cdfcea6e3e3c0cf60e87.png)

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**Author:** ![Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luis_de_sousa/32/5503_2.png) [@Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luis_de_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/7 "2018-11-20T17:24:31Z")

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Thank you, that is pretty detailed. However, toggling on this option has no effect on the REPL:

 ![JunoII](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/0/70a3a3681147bd115b3959cc829d5eeb70548d8c.png)

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/8 "2018-11-21T12:38:18Z")

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Hm, very weird. One last thing you could try:

1. Go to the Atom `Settings` view
2. Click on `Editor`
3. Explicitly set the `Font Family` (and maybe `Font Size`) to something.

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**Author:** ![Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luis_de_sousa/32/5503_2.png) [@Luis\_de\_Sousa](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Luis_de_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/9 "2018-11-21T18:39:44Z")

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> [@pfitzseb](#):
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> - Go to the Atom `Settings` view
> - Click on `Editor`
> - Explicitly set the `Font Family` (and maybe `Font Size` ) to something.

That did it. Could someone please mark the previous post as the solution?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/10 "2018-11-22T08:08:30Z")

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> [@Luis\_de\_Sousa](#):
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> please mark the previous post as the solution?

Since you started the topic, only you have that option (may not be enabled in this category, in which case you should ask for it).

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-repl-font-size/17574/11 "2018-11-22T08:18:42Z")

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Cool, glad it’s working fine for you now 🙂

I don’t think marking a post as a solution is enabled in this subforum, but maybe @vchuravy can do something about that if he thinks it’s a good idea?