Customizing Fonts

OpenWindows DeskSet applications are set up with default fonts that appear on all items, such as icons, menus, and windows. Normally, you do not need to customize the style or point size of these fonts. However, if you would like to increase or decrease the size of the default, or if you are partial to a particular font, it is possible to change the default font style and size for the system font from the Fonts category.

The following sections on fonts describe two methods of customizing fonts: a basic method of changing the scale of the font (which also affects the window scale), and a method of changing the font style, The first method simply increases or decreases the font size (to small, large, or extra large) and its window size, while the second provides greater flexibility in defining the style.

Choosing a Font Scale

The scale allows you to choose from four font sizes for windows. You can change the default so that all applications subsequently open in the size you specify. Note that when you scale the font, the window scales with it.

You can choose from these four sizes:

• small

• medium (the default)

• large

• extra large

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Note -

Not all fonts styles and sizes appear on the screen satisfactorily. If the size is too large, some items, such as menu buttons, may be obscured.

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Specifying the Font Style

Default fonts include:

• Windows: Lucida Sans in 12 point (medium)

• Window headers: Lucida Sans Bold

• Text subwindows: Lucida Sans Typewriter

If you prefer, you can specify another font style and size.

To select a different typeface:

1. Select a typeface from the scrolling list.

   A sample of the typeface is displayed in the preview area. If you are not satisfied, select another typeface.

2. Click SELECT on Apply.

Listing the Available Fonts

When the Standard selection is chosen, you can scroll through all of the typefaces installed with OPEN LOOK style, the Custom Selection refers to all fonts available on your system.

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Note -

The list generated from xlsfonts is very long; there are over 400 fonts available. If the listing on your screen does not contain the expected number of fonts, check with your system administrator. It is possible that a subset of the available fonts was installed.

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Previewing Selected Font Settings

You can look at the selected typeface and scale settings in the Preview box. This shows you how text appears in:

• Control settings--places like buttons and text fields (scrolling lists) in your window system.

• Control labels--places like captions.

• Data areas--places like text in the Text Editor window.

Keyboard Menu Equivalents

You can turn on or turn off the keyboard accelerator keys. This means that the keyboard character of the acceleration shows up in the following:

• Application + Window -- means in all applications that use them and in Open Windows menus

• Application Only -- means only OPEN LOOK applications that use them

• None -- means will not show up in any OPEN LOOK application

This is a standard set of tasks (within a DeskSet application) that can be "accelerated" from the keyboard by using keyboard shortcuts. These will be visible from the pull-down menus, and can be configured on or off from the Workspace Properties menu. Keyboard accelerators are active for only the windows that are active. If you need to turn these off, you can select None from Keyboard Menu Equivalents from the Keyboard Properties. The following table outlines the keyboard shortcuts and their functions.

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The Meta key is the <> key on SPARC keyboards; on x86 and PowerPC keyboards Meta is obtained by pressing Ctrl-Alt.

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Table Legend

The following table uses these abbreviations:

• FM = File Manager

• CM = Calendar Manager

• MT = Mail Tool

• TE = Text Editor

• SS = Snapshot

• IE = Icon Editor

• B = Binder

• PT = Print Tool

• IT = Image Tool

• AT = Audio Tool

• X = Accelerated Menu Item

• - = no relevant menu item

• btn = relevant item is a button (no accelerator)

• Meta = use the Meta key (<> or Ctrl-Alt) on your keyboard

• Accel = Keys to press in this order to invoke the accelerator

Table 17-1 Keyboard Equivalent Menu Items

	Accel	FM	CM	MT	TE	SS	IE	B	PT	IT	AT
Copy	Meta - c	X	-	X	X	-	X	-	-	-	X
Cut	Meta - x	X	-	X	X	-	X	-	-	-	X
Find	Meta - f	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-
New	Meta - n	X	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	X
Open	Meta - o	X	X	X	X	btn	X	-	-	X	X
Paste	Meta - v	X	-	-	X	-	X	-	-	-	X
Print	Meta - p	X	X	X	-	X	X	-	-	X	-
Props	Meta - i	X	X	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	X
Redo	Shift- Meta - p	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	X
Save	Meta - s	-	-	X	X	btn	X	btn	-	X	X
Sel.All	Meta - a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Undo	Meta - u	-	-	-	X	-	X	-	-	X	X
Typeface	Meta - t	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Normal	Shift- Meta - n	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bold	Shift- Meta - b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italic	Shift- Meta - i	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other Keyboard Options

Other keyboard options you can control are:

• Key Click sounds a click with each depression of a key.

• Key Repeat means when a key is depressed and held, the key will type multiple characters until released. With this setting turned on, a single character is typed, when it is off, multiple characters are displayed.