On Linux it’s Monospace
10 pt. (the exact monospace font used may vary on different Linux distributions or versions), on Windows it’s Consolas
10 pt., and on OS X it’s Menlo Regular
12 pt.

(The color scheme is Neon
, the syntax highlighting is from PackageDev
, and the font is Liberation Mono
This information is found in the Packages/Default
directory (where Packages
is the directory opened by the Preferences → Browse Packages...
menu option), in the Preferences (OS).sublime-settings
file where OS
is one of Windows
, Linux
, or OSX
.
You should only customize the font (or any other setting) in Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
, opened by Preferences → Settings—User
, as Settings—Default
is over-written on upgrade, and also serves as a backup in case you really screw something up in your user settings. This is the case for both the main Sublime settings as well as those for extra packages/plugins.
These default fonts are the same in Sublime Text 2, Sublime Text 3, and the new version currently in development.