Re: Noob Question re Setting Default Fonts
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- Subject: [mg102306] Re: Noob Question re Setting Default Fonts
- From: Andrew J Fortune <andrewfortune at bigpond.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Thank you, Peter ! I really like these stylesheets, and they show that you can change the appearance of the Input and Output forms, Peter Breitfeld wrote: > Andrew, > > If you like, you may look at my web-site (see signature). Go to the > "Downloads" section. Near the bottom I have style files which are very > similar to each other, but differ in the mono spaced fonts. You should > move them into the directory: > > $UserBaseDirectory/SystemFiles/FrontEnd/StyleSheets > > (Evaluate $UserBaseDirectory in Mathematica, to see where it is on your > machine) > > After a restart of Mathematica they will show up in the menu > Format/StyleSheet. > > Besides the mono spaced fonts mentioned on the web-site Palatino is used > for text and Optima for messages. > > If you like one of them, you might make it the default style sheet: > > Open OptionsInspector switch to "global preferences" and enter the full > path to the style sheet at the setting of "DefaultStyleDefinitions" > > > Andrew J Fortune wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am a new Mathematica user. I don't like some of the default fonts, in >> particular Input, Output and Text. I have been trying, without success, >> to work out how to change the default settings. >> >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Andrew J Fortune, >> Melbourne, >> Australia >> >