colorize terminal

[Mod: Split the discussion of the howto: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/colorize-your-bsd-shell.85458/] +42 It reeks of a newbie using ten different "fonts" in a document -- just because he CAN. IMO (having prepared online and print documentation for decades), one should concentrate on...

Hi, I write documentation for my company in roff ms, compiled in pdf format. Are there some roff users knowing how to change the default font ? I am relatively new to using roff.

What's your terminal's background colour? Many applications these days output text in yellow, which is near-unreadable on a white terminal, which has become something of a minor annoyance (& pet peeve) of mine. AFAIK, white is the default background colour on most terminal emulators. It's also...