diff --git a/frontend/app/store/global.ts b/frontend/app/store/global.ts
index 5a34b718c..5a48a7beb 100644
--- a/frontend/app/store/global.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/store/global.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,23 @@ function useBlockCache<T>(blockId: string, name: string, makeFn: () => T): T {
     return value as T;
 }
 
+const settingsAtomCache = new Map<string, jotai.Atom<any>>();
+
+function useSettingsAtom<T>(name: string, settingsFn: (settings: SettingsConfigType) => T): jotai.Atom<T> {
+    let atom = settingsAtomCache.get(name);
+    if (atom == null) {
+        atom = jotai.atom((get) => {
+            const settings = get(settingsConfigAtom);
+            if (settings == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            return settingsFn(settings);
+        }) as jotai.Atom<T>;
+        settingsAtomCache.set(name, atom);
+    }
+    return atom as jotai.Atom<T>;
+}
+
 const blockAtomCache = new Map<string, Map<string, jotai.Atom<any>>>();
 
 function useBlockAtom<T>(blockId: string, name: string, makeFn: () => jotai.Atom<T>): jotai.Atom<T> {
@@ -322,4 +339,5 @@ export {
     setBlockFocus,
     useBlockAtom,
     useBlockCache,
+    useSettingsAtom,
 };
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
index cc4703b0e..d1dad220f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2024, Command Line Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { WOS, atoms, globalStore, sendWSCommand, useBlockAtom } from "@/store/global";
+import { WOS, atoms, globalStore, sendWSCommand, useBlockAtom, useSettingsAtom } from "@/store/global";
 import * as services from "@/store/services";
 import { FitAddon } from "@xterm/addon-fit";
 import type { ITheme } from "@xterm/xterm";
@@ -151,12 +151,16 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId }: { blockId: string }) => {
             return winData.activeblockid === blockId;
         });
     });
+    const termSettingsAtom = useSettingsAtom<TerminalConfigType>("term", (settings: SettingsConfigType) => {
+        return settings?.term;
+    });
+    const termSettings = jotai.useAtomValue(termSettingsAtom);
     const isFocused = jotai.useAtomValue(isFocusedAtom);
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const termWrap = new TermWrap(blockId, connectElemRef.current, {
             theme: getThemeFromCSSVars(connectElemRef.current),
-            fontSize: 12,
-            fontFamily: "Hack",
+            fontSize: termSettings?.fontsize ?? 12,
+            fontFamily: termSettings?.fontfamily ?? "Hack",
             drawBoldTextInBrightColors: false,
             fontWeight: "normal",
             fontWeightBold: "bold",
diff --git a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
index cc98f13d6..0e559ea15 100644
--- a/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ declare global {
 
     type BlockCommand = {
         command: string;
-    } & ( CreateBlockCommand | BlockInputCommand | BlockAppendFileCommand | ResolveIdsCommand | BlockMessageCommand | BlockAppendIJsonCommand | BlockSetViewCommand | BlockSetMetaCommand | BlockGetMetaCommand );
+    } & ( BlockAppendFileCommand | BlockAppendIJsonCommand | BlockInputCommand | CreateBlockCommand | BlockGetMetaCommand | BlockMessageCommand | ResolveIdsCommand | BlockSetMetaCommand | BlockSetViewCommand );
 
     // wstore.BlockDef
     type BlockDef = {
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ declare global {
     // wconfig.SettingsConfigType
     type SettingsConfigType = {
         widgets: WidgetsConfigType[];
+        term: TerminalConfigType;
     };
 
     // wstore.StickerClickOptsType
@@ -217,6 +218,12 @@ declare global {
         cols: number;
     };
 
+    // wconfig.TerminalConfigType
+    type TerminalConfigType = {
+        fontsize?: number;
+        fontfamily?: string;
+    };
+
     // wstore.UIContext
     type UIContext = {
         windowid: string;
diff --git a/frontend/util/util.ts b/frontend/util/util.ts
index f5ee40822..e64aa0623 100644
--- a/frontend/util/util.ts
+++ b/frontend/util/util.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,43 @@ function base64ToArray(b64: string): Uint8Array {
     return rtnArr;
 }
 
-export { base64ToArray, base64ToString, isBlank, stringToBase64 };
+// works for json-like objects (arrays, objects, strings, numbers, booleans)
+function jsonDeepEqual(v1: any, v2: any): boolean {
+    if (v1 === v2) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (typeof v1 !== typeof v2) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if ((v1 == null && v2 != null) || (v1 != null && v2 == null)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (typeof v1 === "object") {
+        if (Array.isArray(v1) && Array.isArray(v2)) {
+            if (v1.length !== v2.length) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (let i = 0; i < v1.length; i++) {
+                if (!jsonDeepEqual(v1[i], v2[i])) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            const keys1 = Object.keys(v1);
+            const keys2 = Object.keys(v2);
+            if (keys1.length !== keys2.length) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for (let key of keys1) {
+                if (!jsonDeepEqual(v1[key], v2[key])) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+export { base64ToArray, base64ToString, isBlank, jsonDeepEqual, stringToBase64 };
diff --git a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
index 9a1e5040c..df9e98694 100644
--- a/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/wconfig/settingsconfig.go
@@ -19,8 +19,14 @@ type WidgetsConfigType struct {
 	BlockDef    wstore.BlockDef `json:"blockdef"`
 }
 
+type TerminalConfigType struct {
+	FontSize   int    `json:"fontsize,omitempty"`
+	FontFamily string `json:"fontfamily,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type SettingsConfigType struct {
 	Widgets []WidgetsConfigType `json:"widgets"`
+	Term    TerminalConfigType  `json:"term"`
 }
 
 func getSettingsConfigDefaults() SettingsConfigType {
diff --git a/pkg/wshutil/wshcommands.go b/pkg/wshutil/wshcommands.go
index 8f9b8175e..6cd02e07f 100644
--- a/pkg/wshutil/wshcommands.go
+++ b/pkg/wshutil/wshcommands.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/thenextwave/pkg/ijson"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/thenextwave/pkg/shellexec"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/thenextwave/pkg/tsgen/tsgenmeta"
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/thenextwave/pkg/util/utilfn"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/thenextwave/pkg/wstore"
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ var CommandToTypeMap = map[string]reflect.Type{
 
 func CommandTypeUnionMeta() tsgenmeta.TypeUnionMeta {
 	var rtypes []reflect.Type
-	for _, rtype := range CommandToTypeMap {
+	orderedKeys := utilfn.GetOrderedMapKeys(CommandToTypeMap)
+	for _, typeKey := range orderedKeys {
+		rtype := CommandToTypeMap[typeKey]
 		rtypes = append(rtypes, rtype)
 	}
 	return tsgenmeta.TypeUnionMeta{