new OS X operating system

[prl]

I just tried the example as it is in the FAQ link, and it certainly 
worked for me.

I created ~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash for the native version of Gnucash (i.e. 
using the OS X windowing system, not X-windows) with the contents 
described in the example, and ran Gnucash. It gave me an even less 
readable font than the default, but that's just for the font in the example.

To do what you want, to get a larger font, you'll probably want to use a 
standard width (rather than "Narrow" font) and probably use a different 
font size.

For example, put this into ~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash:
style "font"
{
     font_name = "Arial 16"
}
widget_class "*" style "font"
gtk-font-name = "Arial 16"

It will give quite large text and not be in the cramped font style of 
Arial Narrow. Adjust the number in both places to change the font size; 
change the font name in both places to use a different font. You'll need 
to restart Gnucash for changes made in ~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash to have an 
effect in Gnucash.

Did you create the .gtkrc-2.0.gnucash file, and where did you create it?

Peter

On 24/12/2014 06:32, Mindy Block wrote:
> I have tried this and it doesn't work on mac with latest operating system.
> I can execute the file and it opens gnucash but the font doesn't change.
> any suggestions?
>
> this isn't working for me:
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_get_I_rid_of_strange_unreadable_characters_or_adjust_the_font_size
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:48 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>>> On Dec 21, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Mindy Block <mblock at qualityparks.org>
>> wrote:
>>> how do you make the font larger in gnucash for mac?
>>
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_get_I_rid_of_strange_unreadable_characters_or_adjust_the_font_size
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>>
>