[Feature Request] Font prioritization function #7972

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opened 2026-01-31 01:17:18 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @HiSkyZen on GitHub (May 6, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

As of now, only one font face can be set in Windows Terminal.
ex> "fontFace": "Cascadia Mono"
However, Cascadia Mono does not have any support for CJK text.
However, if we use other fonts, we will not be able to fully experience the beauty of Windows Terminal.
This can happen to CJK users and everyone who doesn't use Latin characters.
So, similar to css' font-family property, we need the ability to set multiple values according to priority in the "fontFace" property of the configuration file.
What about creating a "fontList" array similar to "scheme" so that only the "name" in the object of the "fontList" array is entered for the "fontFace" attribute?
ex>

"fontList": [
    {
        "name": "list1",
        "fontFace1": "Cascadia Mono",
        "fontFace2": "Noto Sans Mono CJK KR"
    }
]
"fontFace": "list1"

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:17:18 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 6, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #2664 for more discussion.

/dup #2664

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 6, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #2664 for more discussion. /dup #2664
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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 6, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 6, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#7972