[PD] Changing default font size

pix pix at test.at
Wed May 30 15:39:26 CEST 2001


"pd -fn size" ?

actually i wish you could set the font too. the default courier font
(being serif) doesn't scale down very nicely when trying to be
pixel-parsimonious on a laptop display. i have hacked my .tk to use
"fixed" but it was less that elegant.

On Wed, 30 May 2001 11:06:07 +0200
Frank Barknecht <barknech at ph-cip.uni-koeln.de> wrote:

> Hi pd-list,
> 
> this must be a FAQ, but I can't find the answer: 
> 
> How can I change the default font size in pd? 
> 
> If I open patches from e.g. "Pure Documentation..." I always have a
> "courier 12" font selected and with this the layout of the patch is
> totally messed up.  So the first thing I alway do is open the FONT
> BOMB and change everything to size 10. I would like this to be the
> default
> font right from the start.
> 
> (I am running pd under linux and my X server is set to have a dpi of
> 100,
> if that matters anyhow.)
> 
> Thanks for help,
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