In the CotEditor app
on your Mac, use Apperance preferences to choose the appearance of documents, such as font, line height, and the colors. To change these preferences, choose CotEditor > Preferences, then click Appearance.
| Option | Description |
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| Font | The font and font size for the editor. To change the font or font size, click Select, then choose a different font or font size. |
| Anti-aliasing | Display text in the editor anti-aliased. Anti-aliasing is a rendaring feature that smoothes jagged edges. |
| Ligatures | Apply the standard ligature rules to the editor's text, or disable all ligatures. A ligature is a typographic feature joining specific characters as a single glyph. |
| Line height | Line height with a value indicating the number of lines. The range must be from 0.1 to 10.0. |
| Change background color | Highlight the lines in which cursors exist with another background color. The “Current Line” color in the selected theme will be used for this highlight. |
| Cursor | The style of the cursor in the editor. |
| Show invisible characters | Transform invisible characters — such as line endings, whitespaces, or control characters — into alternative symbols in order to make them viewable. See Displaying invisible characters for about the available types of invisible characters. |
| Show indent guides | Draw guides for each indent width in the indent parts of the document. |
| Appearance | Choose the document window appearance regardless of the system appearance state. |
| Theme | Choose your default coloring theme for the editor, and manage the themes. See About theme for about theme customization. |
| Theme list | Choose your default theme for the text view. |
| Add +, Remove - | Create a new theme or remove the selected theme. The themes bundled with CotEditor can not be removed. |
| Other Actions (gear) |
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| Theme editor | Edit the selected theme. Click the color wells to choose colors.
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