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In 3.5.1, it was at least possible to change the size of the font in the output panel (but not font face or colours). In 3.6, it seems even this option has disappeared. What is more, the default font is big and ugly. I would argue that since the output panel is where all the stdout logging of a running process goes, users should be given as much control over its look as they have over the source editors.
Apologies - in 3.5.1 it *was* possible to change colours, but not font face. In 3.6 there seems to be no control at all over the look of the output panel.
After thinking about this issue further, I think it would be much more useful if output tabs were just treated as documents, with each output tab type being a document/editor type (eg. compiler output, search results, process I/O, etc.) with its own set of fonts/colours, keyboard bindings, macros, etc. In addition to resolving the original issue of colours/fonts in the output panel, this approach would also be very handy for editing output (eg. to make an ad-hoc report, or demonstrate a bug, etc.), and all the really nice features of NB documents (eg. highlighted search, keyword colouring, etc.) available to output as well - which would make this NB user very happy! :) :) :)
see also issue 55455 - wow, this issue is now almost 2 years old, and it'd probably be such a simple fix for someone familiar with the options dialogues...
The core team has not been responsible for terminal emulator for long time, so reassigne all opened issues to responsible person.
I believe this is still relevant to output2 since it still doesn't have an options panel in 6.5.
Please vote for issue 43165 - that one has 3 votes... *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 43165 ***