WSL change the font and color for some applications (nano, tmux, vim)

Question

I am using the WSL and I am having an issue because of the font. WSL has a font issue for CJK language, and I fixed it by editing the ubuntu terminal init file https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/757 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\C:_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_xxxx.ubuntu.exe, add CodePage->(DWORD)FDE9(65001)

However, when I run some text editor such like vim, emacs, nano, or a terminal application like tmux or screen, the WSL always change the font to the default font of Windows cmd. Is there any way to prevent this?

• For additional information, when I run echo $TERM at my WSL, it produces xterm-256color, but when I run it in my tmux, it produces screen.
• I actually solved this problem last time for another computer, but I don't remember how I did it because I tried too many things. At least I know this is not impossible.

Answer 1

You can change the font of the WSL terminal easily by right-clicking on the title bar and clicking on properties. Then you click on the font tab and there you can change the font. If you want another font, install it in your Windows.Screenshot

For tmux to display the correct colors of vim I set in my .vimrc set termguicolors