How do I change the default font for the terminal and gedit?

Question

I want to change the font style in terminal and for default gedit as well.So how to change the font type in Ubuntu 12.04?Any help and suggestions will be appreciable.

Answer 1

To install gnome-tweak-tool in Ubuntu 12.04-20.04 open the terminal and type

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

In fonts you can change the systemwide font.

For gedit:

_{(source: iloveubuntu.net)}

For terminal:

Answer 2

Not sure about the editor but for the terminal just change the font for the default profile from the

Edit -> Profile menu

Cheers

S

Answer 3

For the terminal, you can right-click in the content window (not the title bar), and choose 'Profiles', then 'Profile preferences'. You then get the same dialog as showed in 0x00F's answer