Hi, Sharon: On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Sharon Veach <sharon.read at sun.com> wrote: > Hi: > > Second try, more platform information. > I am running Frame on a Solaris system on a GNOME desktop. ?The GNOME > desktop preferences fonts do not affect the font of anything in Frame - > not the menus, > not the default text size in the window, not the size of the initial > Frame menu box. > > How can I increase the font size of menu items and dialog box fonts from > within Frame? > > I can increase the font size where I type, but I am having difficulty > seeing > the fonts in dialog boxes. The File Open dialog box is particularly > tricky, since > it is the first one that comes up, and its font size is minute. > > In EPIC, you can pass the fonts to the application by running the > following command > in a shell: > > epic -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 > > When I try that with Frame, the format of the font is not recognized: > > maker -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 > > Frame returns the message: > **Warning: Cannot convert string > "encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:16" to type FontStruct ** > > So, what is the magic format where a font encoding is readable by Frame, > and then Frame can turn it > into a FontStruct that Frame recognizes? > > Thanx for any pointers, > Sharon > _______________________________
Look for the PDF or .fm document "Customizing Frame Products" in the onlinemanuals directory in your FM installation tree. It may be in the fminit directory. I believe that Unix FM is the only FM version that permits customizing the fonts in dialog boxes. I may be wrong on this - it may only customize fonts in catalog titles, like Character Format catalog and Paragraph Format catalog, and menu titles and options. Many unix FM properties are configurable via x-resources. I seem to recall that an x-resource can set fonts. Another approach is to lower your screen resolution to show less real estate at a larger size. HTH Regards, Peter __________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices