Thanx a bunch - I'll find an X resources person here and locate the online manuals. And I hadn't thought of lowering the screen resolution. Will try some stuff, Sharon
Peter Gold wrote: > 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 >
