# Choosing a font in JupyterLab, like is possible with Jupyter

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/choosing-a-font-in-jupyterlab-like-is-possible-with-jupyter/18739>\
**Category:** JupyterLab\
**Created:** [March 31, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/choosing-a-font-in-jupyterlab-like-is-possible-with-jupyter/18739 "2023-03-31T17:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/cormullion/32/9526_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/choosing-a-font-in-jupyterlab-like-is-possible-with-jupyter/18739/1 "2023-03-31T17:13:38Z")

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In a plain Jupyter notebook, it was possible to specify a suitable font by adding it to `~/.jupyter/custom/custom.css`. This allowed me to specify a font such as JuliaMono[¹] that can correctly handle special characters, and this allowed me to use packages such as UnicodePlots.jl:

 ![Screenshot 2023-03-31 at 18.01.34](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/jupyter/original/2X/3/3926ddf4c1bd2caecf2eb3b880ad9d2b41fedc71.png)

Unfortunately I can’t find out where the equivalent file for JupyterLab is.

Do the settings have a place where you can specify a font file?

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¹ [more information](https://juliamono.netlify.app/faq/#can_i_use_this_font_in_a_jupyter_notebook_and_how_do_i_do_it)

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/cormullion/32/9526_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/choosing-a-font-in-jupyterlab-like-is-possible-with-jupyter/18739/2 "2023-03-31T17:14:31Z")

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In JupyterLab:

 ![Screenshot 2023-03-31 at 17.18.51](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/jupyter/original/2X/2/26cdd156e807b76e076c6e79b7fc58e0a785c30e.png)

here, Menlo isn’t working as well.