Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

Fonts

GraphicThe font size and font group you select in Style Manager is used on titles, menu bars, window labels and text. The new font size and font group is used as applications are started. Existing windows will not reflect the change.

To Select a Font Size

  1. Click the Style Manager Font control.

  2. Select a font size under Size.

  3. Click OK to enable newly started applications to use the selected typeface, or click Cancel to cancel the operation.

To Select a Font Group

  1. Click the Style Manager Font control.

  2. Select a font group under Font Group.

  3. Look at the Preview window labels and text, which show the new font typeface.

  4. Click OK to enable newly started applications to use the selected typeface, or click Cancel to cancel the operation.

To Add a Font Group

  1. Click the Style Manager Font control.

  2. Choose Add in the Font dialog box.

  3. Choose a font group from the System scrolling list and a font group from the User scrolling list.

  4. Click OK to open the Font Group Name dialog box.

  5. Enter a name in the New Font Group Name field of the Font Group Name dialog box for the new font group.

    You can enter any non-blank name that you want.

  6. Click OK to add a font group to the Font dialog box scrolling list.

To Delete a Font Group

  1. Click the Style Manager Font control.

  2. Select a font group from the Font Group scrolling list on the Font dialog box.

  3. Click the Delete button.

    The Delete Font Group dialog box appears.

  4. Click OK to delete the font group from the Font Group scrolling list.

To View Font Attributes

  1. Click the Style Manager Font control.

  2. Click the Attributes button.

    The Font Attribute dialog box appears. It provides name and location information on the font size and font group you selected. This information varies according to the alias family (system, user, user bold) and character set you choose from the combo boxes at the top of the dialog box.

  3. Click Close to dismiss the Font Attribute dialog box.