Subject:    -4- How do I change the user interface's fonts?
Date:  14 Mar 2003 18:00:00 PST

  To do this you will need to change an X resource file:  either
  .Xdefaults in a user's home directory or

    /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/IVE

  (/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/IVE on IRIX) to make the change for
  all users of the system.


  The following resources set all the fonts used in the
  user interface:  IVE*form.?.fontList, IVE*form*slide*fontList,
  IVE*form*onoffLabel*fontlist, IVE*form*textLabel*fontList,
  IVE*form*menuBar*fontList, IVE*form*optionPane*fontList,
  IVE*form*optionMenu*fontList, IVE*confirm*fontList,
  IVE*error*fontList, IVE*info*fontList, IVE*file*buttonFontList,
  IVE*file*textFontList, IVE*file*XmList.fontlist, and
  IVE*file*labelFontList.  The first four set the fonts for
  buttons, fields, labels, and sliders in normal dialogs; the
  next three set the fonts for pulldown and option menus; the
  next three set the fonts used in simple popup message dialogs;
  and the last set control the fonts used for file selection
  dialogs (these are new in 4.0.7 and will have no effect for
  earlier versions).  The defaults on Linux and Mac OS X
  systems are:

    IVE*form.?.fontList: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*form*slide*fontList: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*form*onoffLabel*fontList: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*form*textLabel*fontList: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*form*menuBar*fontList: -*-helvetica-bold-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*form*optionPane*fontList: -*-helvetica-bold-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*form*optionMenu*fontList: -*-helvetica-bold-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*confirm*fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*error*fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*info*fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*file*buttonFontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*file*textFontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*file*XmList.fontList: -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
    IVE*file*labelFontList: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

  (on IRIX, the defaults are the same except

    -*-screen-medium-r-normal--15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

  is used in place of the -adobe-courier font; the defaults on IRIX are
  the FixedWidthFont, ObliqueLabelFont, and PlainLabelFont definitions
  for large fonts from /usr/lib/X11/schemes/Base/FontPalette; the small
  fonts are two points smaller)


  The xlsfonts command can generate a list of the available font types
  on the system that can be used in lieu of the defaults.