How do you change terminal font size in OSX withOUT changing the terminal window size as well?

Question

In OSX, changing font size in terminal by hitting CMD and ('+' or '-') changes the window size as well. THis is annoying as I have to always resize the window back to the correct size.

Is there any way to keep the window size constrained during font size changing?

The workaround I have is to use a windows manager such as Moom to resize the window quickly after each font size change, but I'd love to know if I can eliminate the window re-sizing step altogether. Thanks!

Answer 1

You can customize the Terminal preference settings to set the font size:

Preferences > Settings > [profile] > Text > Font

There is no built-in way to resize the text in an individual window without resizing the window: Terminal preserves the row and column counts whenever possible, since the terminal dimensions normally affect the behavior of programs running in the terminal.

Answer 2

In addition to the correct answer:

Propagate Terminal Settings after using CMD +/- or Resizing:

• Simple Save Settings: Menu: Shell > Use Settings as Default

Stores the current terminal (with resized window and font) settings 
to the current profile. It *does* make that profile the default for 
all future terminal windows, but this can easily be changed in the 
Profiles tab under Menu: Terminal > Preferences.

• Export Settings: Menu: Shell > Export
• Import Settings: Menu: Shell > Import

Save the current terminal settings (Resized Window, Font, etc) to a 
saved profile and import as new profile.

Mass Assignment of Terminal Settings:

• Menu: Terminal > Preferences > Profiles
• Shift+click or CMD+click - select the profiles you want to mass-assign
• Change the window size (on Window tab), font (on text tab) or any other supported setting

Enables quick changes to several Profiles

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