The font preference panel gives access to all the font specific controls. The first two buttons, "Bigger Font" and "Smaller Font" give rapid access to minor size changes, each button selection changes the font by a single whole unit (fonts are scaled in "points", and can be in decimal fractions, like 15.3).
Next comes a floating point entry gadget which allows you very exacting control over font point size. Currently this gadget is checked to make sure that you do not set it to zero or less, and has an artificial upper limit of 51000. If anyone finds this upper limit restrictive, the code in fontPrefWindow.cpp's function ResetFontSize() (see fontPrefWindow.cpp) may be easily changed to allow larger sizes. The next item is a checkbox which lets you turn the Font Display Panel on or off. The font display panel is there for reference, so you may view the font of your choice in it's selected size. It may well be hidden behind the font preference panel when the default settings are in effect. Drag it out from behind to better view your results.
The next two items are pop up menus which allow you to set the font family (from the BeOS's internal list of available fonts), and it's style. Selecting a family will automatically change the style list to that of the family selected. If the previous family's selected style is not supported, the family's idea of what is the "most regular" style is used.
The last item is a checkbox for anti-aliasing. Some fonts and/or color schemes might look best when not anti-aliased. Try both values and watch the results in the Font Display Panel. Sometimes it takes the Magnifier application to tell the difference.
for version 1.4.2
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Last modified March 17, 1999.