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Change diff font in GitKraken

I program APL and have been considering switching from SourceTree to GitKraken. However, I have been unable to change the diff view font. As the font is pretty essential to APL, this is holding my move back.

Is there a way to change font face (and size) in GitKraken?

Both official an hacky answers are welcome.

SourceTree, using the APL385 Unicode font, size 16:
SourceTree screenshot

GitKraken, using the default font:
GitKraken screenshot

For comparison, here is Stack Overflow's rendering:

c←⊃chunk
(c1 c2)←{⍵{(1,1↓<\⍵)⊂⍺}'::'⍷⍵}c
c2←#.Strings.deb 2↓c2
c2←c2{0∊⍴⍺:⍵ ⋄ 0∊⍴⍵:⊂⍺ ⋄ (⊂⍺),⍵}1↓chunk
c2←¯2↓∊c2,¨⊂⎕UCS 13 10
r⍪←c1 c2
Solution

  • While Axosoft usually make a big deal about enhancements to GitKraken, this essential one went unnoticed. GitKraken 4.1.1 allows you to choose font and size freely, and renders them very nicely too:

    GitKraken 4.1.1 diff

    It isn't even so easy to find the options. Go to Preferences > Editor Preferences:

    Preferences > Editor Preferences

    2025 update: Apparently, this is under Preferences | Editor now.