Change default font in netbeans?

Question

Is it possible to change the default font in netbeans? The documentation says:

The font Monospaced is maped to different fonts on different systems. On Windows it is mapped to "Courier ", on Linux it is mapped to "Lucida Typewriter".

http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/editor_fonts_colors/Editor_fonts_and_colors.htm

I'm on windows and want to map Monospaced font to 'Consolas' instead of 'Courier'.

P.S. I know that fonts can easily be changed from options, but when I change it in this way, I can no longer use unicode characters. Guess I need to do what they call 'mapping' the monospaced font to other font.

Answer 1

Tools > Options > Fonts and Colors

Set the category "Default", and to the right of that, the font you want to use.

If this does not fix it, try adding:

--laf Nimbus -J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd

or

-J-Dswing.aatext=true -J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd --laf Metal

to the file : netbeans.conf. You can find it in $NETBEANS_HOME/etc/ folder. Make your application font smaller from system preferences.