[texworks] Changing font preference to bold

Moti Ben-Ari moti.ben.ari at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 08:12:26 CET 2023


Thanks, Jose!! I didn't know about the Input fonts.
I think InputMonoNarrow Medium works best for me, better than Courier.
The only thing I didn't like is downloading and re-installing
for each choice of line height, etc.
Moti
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 9:03 PM J. R. Setti <jrasetti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Moti,
>
> I know how difficult it is to let go of the old fonts, but since I started
> using Input as my editor font, I never wanted to go back to Courier. Much
> easier in my aging eyes. It can be configured to taste and it is free:
> https://input.djr.com/
>
> --jrs.
> ----------------
> *José Reynaldo Setti*
> jrasetti at gmail.com <jrasetti at usp.br>
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>
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 7:37 AM Moti Ben-Ari <moti.ben.ari at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Jonathan. I could live with Consolas but after years (maybe it
>> has been decades) of Courier New it is hard to abandon it! I hope that
>> someone can help with the registry or that eventually bold will be a
>> "preference".
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:24 PM Jonathan Kew <jfkthame at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Moti -
>>>
>>> This isn't exactly an answer to your question (I'm not really familiar
>>> wit the Windows registry entries), but I wonder whether choosing a
>>> different editor font would be helpful?
>>>
>>> I know it's been a "standard" monospaced font for a long time, but
>>> Courier New has often seemed uncomfortably light to me. You might find
>>> that an alternative such as Consolas or Lucida Console would be easier
>>> to read.
>>>
>>> JK
>>>
>>> On 24/02/2023 10:05, Moti Ben-Ari wrote:
>>> > Hi Philip,
>>> > The problem is that changes in Format/Font are local for that file
>>> only.
>>> > If you want a global change you have to make it in
>>> > Edit/Preferences/Editor and there is no selection for
>>> Regular/Bold/....
>>> > Long ago I raised an issue requesting this but it has not been
>>> accepted.
>>> > I found the workaround of changing the registry. It is not ideal
>>> because
>>> > any change in the preferences rewrites the registry entry, but that's
>>> OK
>>> > for me.
>>> > Moti
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 11:57 AM Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute)
>>> > <P.Taylor at hellenic-institute.uk <mailto:P.Taylor at hellenic-institute.uk>>
>>>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     On 24/02/2023 08:04, Moti Ben-Ari wrote:
>>> >>     I have difficulty using the editor unless the font is bold. Since
>>> >>     it is not a preference, in v0.6.7 I was able to do so by changing
>>> >>     the fifth parameter of the Windows registry entry for font to 75:
>>> >>     Courier New,11,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0
>>> >>
>>> >>     With v0.6.8 I tried the same thing but it doesn't work:
>>> >>     Courier New,11,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
>>> >
>>> >     In the most recent version of TeXworks, Moti, (and, I believe in
>>> >     earlier versions), the bold version of a font (if available) can be
>>> >     selected through the GUI —
>>> >
>>> >       * Format / Font... / [Font] MS Shell Dlg 2 / [Font style]
>>> {Regular
>>> >         | Bold} / [Size] {6..72} / [Effects] {Strikethrough |
>>> Underline}
>>> >         / [Writing System].
>>> >
>>> >     --
>>> >     /Philip Taylor/
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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