windows - How can the font size be changed in Notepad++?

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2013-09
  • Peter Mortensen

    How can the font size be changed in Notepad++?

    I just downloaded and installed Notepad++ v5.4.5 (I have been using UltraEdit for the last 11.5 years) and can not find a menu command for changing the screen font. I want to change it to Lucida Console 18pt.

    Other notes: to download Notepad++ go directly to the SourceForce download page for Notepad++.

    • Answers
  • s.Daniel

    Ctrl and NUMPAD +/NUMPAD - or mouse wheel to zoom in/out

    Edit: Or to achieve exactly what you asked for...

    Settings > Style Configurator. Under Font Style you can set the font and size

  • Community

    Open menu Settings/Style Configurator. Then with the default theme "Default (styles.xml)" and default language "Global Styles", change the font name and font size for style "Default Style" (the default, style "Global override" will not cut it).

    If a document is already open then the display will change immediately as the font name and font size is changed - nice touch! Press the "Save & Close" button to keep the new settings.

    Note that in Notepad++ 6.0, you will also need to check the enable global font and enable global font size check boxes.

  • Tom Wijsman

    Alternatively, hold Ctrl and use the scroll wheel of your mouse.

  • Diago

    Fonts and styles can be changed in the Style Configurator.

    • Settings
    • Style Configurator
  • none

    With 5.9.4 I have found that the global override does cut it, as zooming seems to influence global and language-specific font settings differently so that whitespace has different sizes (Tabs don't line up with different zoom levels). The font size did not seem to change either..

  • athahernadeem

    (Notepad++ 6.1.1)

    I'm not sure about you, but to me this feature should be in Preferences. I totally missed it when it was right underneath it :p.

    Anyway, you could kill two birds with one stone by changing the theme.

    Change font & Chose a dark background:

    1. Go to Settings on the top menu
    2. Chose Style Configurator...
    3. At the top it's the theme selector Select theme

    Notepad++ has many themes to choose from, so if you're one of those that likes to code on a dark background with a san-serif font the Ruby Blue theme is a good choice, it works great for me.

    My 2¢.

  • Gaurav

    Ctrl + F12 will give you all authorities to change the appearance, background, foreground, fonts etc. !


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    Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to only change the folder list font in Outlook 2003 with Windows XP...

  • SusanCassidy

    I just found an answer to this at http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread251136.html. view -> arrange by -> current view -> customize current view -> other settings. You can select the font sizes for everything. You have to do it for each folder, though. But, it works!

  • 8088

    Outlook, and many Windows programs, use the default font for icons. In XP it's Tahoma, in Vista and Windows 7 it's Segoe UI.

    There's no built-in solution in Outlook or Windows to change fonts individually for every program. Your best bet is to change to font for all icons, but then again, that will effect all programs.

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  • user240746

    This is the best solution I found that works !

    http://blogmines.com/blog/2011/11/15/how-to-change-font-size-of-folders-in-outlook-2010/