Settings - Appearance (Font)

Font

Name

Specifies font name.

Size

Specifies font size.

Bold

If checked, font will be bold.

Italic

If checked, font will be italic.

Extra width

Specifies extra width, in pixels, added to the char width.

Smoothing

Specifies font smoothing.
Good documentation on font rendering can be found here.

Default	Use the control panel settings.
None	Full-Pixel Bi-Level Rendering.
ClearType	Asymmetric Sub-Pixel Anti-Aliasing (“Compatible” Advance Widths).
Natural ClearType	Asymmetric Sub-Pixel Anti-Aliasing (“Natural” Advance Widths ).
Antialiased	Full-Pixel Anti-Aliasing.

Custom color

Allows you to specify custom font color.
Note: If on, all text will be shown in the selected color. Shell's syntax coloring will be ignored.

Display intensified colors in bold

If Bold is unchecked: chars with intensified foregroung colors (0x8 to 0xF) are displayed using bold font.
If Bold is checked: chars with intensified foregroung colors (0x8 to 0xF) are displayed using non bold font.

Display intensified colors in italic

If Italic is unchecked: chars with intensified foregroung colors (0x8 to 0xF) are displayed using italic font.
If Italic is checked: chars with intensified foregroung colors (0x8 to 0xF) are displayed using non italic font.

Enable typographic ligature

If checked, text rendering will use typographic ligatures defined in the selected font.
Here is a monospaced font with programming ligatures: Fira Code.
Fira Code (with ligatures):

Compare to Fira Mono (without ligatures):