How to change Font for Main Menu & Directory Menu?

[richardw]

Hello

I have searched the forum, but I can't find an answer, so I'm starting a new topic. Apologies in advance if this has already been answered somewhere.I'm running version 9.0a on 64-bit Windows Home. My question is in 2 parts.

1) The font for the Main Menu (the one at the top with Files/Mark/Commands/Net/Show/Configuration/Start/Help - is Main Menu the correct name?) The font for that menu is, for me, thin and faint, and I can't find where to change it. Is it even possible to change it?

2) The font for the Directory Menu (the one that happens when you press Ctrl-D). The font there is very faint. It's a different font from the Main Menu, and, for me, is even more thin and faint. By the way, I'm very familiar with how to configure the Directory Menu, and I use it a lot. The font in the Change Directory Menu (the one that happens when you click Configure), however, is ok.

I hope my question is clearly stated. I know I'm not a power user like some of you, but I do love TC. I use it a lot, and I've been a registered user since 1997.

Regards
Richard Whitehouse
Canada

[nsp]

Hi Richard,

Main menu and File List use standard Windows font. It is the same for all applications !
In Windows 7 you can find in theme and personalization.

On Windows 10 M$ removed this ability and set Segoe UI 9 as standard Font.
You can increase global DPI to 125 or 150%
To increase font size or change font, you need to alter registry ! Or you can use WinTool Advanced System Font Changer.

[Fla$her]

Run from command line:

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rundll32.exe shell32.dll Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,desc,

OR

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rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,advanced,@advanced

Press END to select last item in the drop-down list.

[petermad]

The menu font is set in Windows Registry. As nsp writes in Windows 7, there is a tool to set the font. In Windows 10 you will have to edit the Registry yourself. I use Arial 10 for menus - to change Windows 10 to do that, copy this:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"MenuFont"=hex:f3,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,41,00,72,00,69,00,61,00,6c,00,00,00,55,00,49,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MenuHeight"="-315"
"MenuWidth"="-315"

into a file - for example menufont.reg

Doubleclick on the menufont.reg file and answer Yes/OK
Then log out of and in to your current Windows session to see the effect of the change.

Notice - this is reset with every major update of Windows 10 - so keep the menufont.reg handy.

[richardw]

A big THANK YOU to all of you - nsp, Fla$her, and petermad. I understand what you're saying, and I'll (carefully!) try out the solutions you've suggested.

Stay well and see you on the other side of Covid 19, I hope.

Richard Whitehouse

[deus-ex]

Or you can use WinTool Advanced System Font Changer.

I just tried this application, it's a very convenient system tool that allows changing the various system font settings quite easily. Thanks for the recommendation, nsp.