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Replace italic text in settings with a different text style #20768

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opened 2026-01-31 07:23:28 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:23:28 +00:00
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Originally created by @chausner on GitHub (Nov 5, 2023).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently, the settings pages "Color schemes" and "Rendering" (and possibly other pages) use italic text for some descriptional text, e.g.:

image

It is obviously my subjective opinion but I find this text style looking very out-of-place and inconsistent with the rest of the UI. I am not aware of any other inbuilt Windows apps that use italic text this way. Also, the Windows 11 Design Guidelines do not suggest italic text for any content elements.

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My suggestion is to replace the text style with one of these alternatives:

  1. normal, non-italic black text
  2. non-italic, grey text, as it is used for descriptions in Windows Settings, for example:
    image
  3. an InfoBar
    image

I haven't tried out yet which of these would look best in Windows Terminal but I'd be happy to provide screenshots of each of these for further discussion.

Originally created by @chausner on GitHub (Nov 5, 2023). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Currently, the settings pages "Color schemes" and "Rendering" (and possibly other pages) use italic text for some descriptional text, e.g.: <img width="866" alt="image" src="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/15180557/bca96918-8393-42ee-9ab3-5523de7b32d0"> It is obviously my subjective opinion but I find this text style looking very out-of-place and inconsistent with the rest of the UI. I am not aware of any other inbuilt Windows apps that use italic text this way. Also, the [Windows 11 Design Guidelines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/signature-experiences/typography#type-ramp) do not suggest italic text for any content elements. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) My suggestion is to replace the text style with one of these alternatives: 1. normal, non-italic black text 2. non-italic, grey text, as it is used for descriptions in Windows Settings, for example: <img width="347" alt="image" src="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/15180557/877e71b3-937f-4288-be83-6fbd94f553e1"> 3. an InfoBar <img width="501" alt="image" src="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/15180557/393de478-67c7-441f-ae84-94c72136d662"> I haven't tried out yet which of these would look best in Windows Terminal but I'd be happy to provide screenshots of each of these for further discussion.
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:23:30 +00:00
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2023):

I think this is a good suggestion.

@lhecker commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2023): I think this is a good suggestion.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 07:23:30 +00:00
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@chausner commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2023):

I opened PR #16272 where I went with the first option (normal, non-italic black text style).

@chausner commented on GitHub (Nov 6, 2023): I opened PR #16272 where I went with the first option (normal, non-italic black text style).
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