Change Font Opacity #8382

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opened 2026-01-31 01:28:01 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @DaveMiddleton on GitHub (May 21, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Ability to change the font opacity. In Windows Terminal version 1, the window opacity e.g. "acrylicOpacity": "0.9" option will set the opacity for the whole Terminal window, including the fonts. Against a white background, the fonts do not stand out enough and become harder to read.

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Add an option e.g. "fontOpacity" to set an opacity level other than the one one of the Terminal window.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 22, 2020):

I mean, the text is already 100% opaque, regardless of the acrylic opacity...

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In both the above screenshots, all the text is 100% opaque, even the white text. It's just hard to read in the second because my acrylic opacity is like 0% in that screenshot. You could absolutely change the color of the white or foreground colors to make them stand out more though ☺️

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 22, 2020): I mean, the text is already 100% opaque, regardless of the acrylic opacity... ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/82677499-bdbcdb00-9c0d-11ea-9847-3993d43e9c70.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/82677514-c44b5280-9c0d-11ea-9da4-791c90d4a363.png) In both the above screenshots, all the text is 100% opaque, even the white text. It's just hard to read in the second because my acrylic opacity is like 0% in that screenshot. You could absolutely change the color of the white or foreground colors to make them stand out more though ☺️
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Reference: starred/terminal#8382