[Novalug] text editor typesize question

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Wed Dec 18 15:20:14 EST 2013


On Wed, 18 Dec 2013, cmhowe@patriot.net wrote:

> List,
>
> How do I increase the typesize in gedit? In vi?
>
> Charlie
>

This worked for me with gedit and xubuntu.

(1) to change the font size in the display of the document being edited 
(but NOT in the print out) for  gedit:

open gedit

under edit menu choose Preferences (the last entry on the drop down edit 
menu)


in the preferences window choose the Font & Colors tab.

click on the bar to the right of the "Editor Font" label

a new window opens - at the bottom is a slider bar for font size. select 
the size you want either by sliding the bar with the mouse or bu using 
the plus and minus buttons on the right.

click "Select" at the bottom.

(2) To change the size in the PRINTED document you use the File/Print 
dialog under the File menu

Select Print, a window opens. Select the Text editor tab

under the column on  the right: Fonts there is a button for Body

click on that

use the slider at the bottom to select the font size

click on Select

Then click on Print

A CAUTION

KEEP NOTES ON YOUR ORIGINAL SETTING!

KEEP NOTES ON WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU MAY WANT TO UNDO IT!

For my system:
IF YOU DO NOT PRINT THE CHANGED DOCUMENT THE CHANGES DO NOT SEEM TO 
BE SAVED SO IF YOU UNDO THE FONT SIZE IN THE File/Print dialog and do 
not click on print, the next time you open gedit you will have the same 
settings as you had before you changed the print out size in the 
File/Print dialog.

However using the print preview seems to change the font size so you do 
not have to actually print a page.

(3) When fooling around with these settings I initially open a simple page 
with the words "this is a test" as the text and then tried out the setting 
changes and print a sample before trying out my important manuscript.

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