How to change register font size on Windows?

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 19 18:40:04 EDT 2015


On 3/19/2015 2:48 PM, paul.b.salmon wrote:
> I'm on GnuCash 2.6.5. The font has always been a bit too small for my
> screen, but after the upgrade from 2.4.3 it now looks even smaller. I've
> spent quite a while looking for ways to fix this myself, but didn't get
> anywhere.
>
> I've found the Select Theme tool which successfully changes the font size
> of all the menus and toolbars - but not the register. I've messed around
> with .gtkrc and successfully modified the font size of all the menus and
> toolbars once again. I've found a thread about 2.6.3 on Windows which
> recommends Edit / Preferences / Register / Use system theme colors, and
> this worked to change the register colors. Just not the font.
>
> So the font face and size used for the actual register remains unchanged no
> matter what I do.
>
> Is there anything I can do about it short of grabbing the source code and
> building it myself with a font size that is appropriate for my screen? If
> the answer is "no" I understand, it'll just save me time trying to find
> something else that works.
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Odd that the select theme tool didn't work for you.  It does change the
register font and font size for me in Windows 7.  You did save the
setting and restart GnuCash?

David C




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