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I have a minor, but annoying problem. I've recently done some UI work and I used a font other than "application" font. Now, anything I do defaults back to that font. No matter how many times I change the font back to "application" font, it defaults back to the font I used that one time.

 

How do I get the font to default to "application" font? It seems like labview always reverts to "current" font which for some reason is stuck on that font I used.

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Toos>>Options

 

Then restart LabVIEW to get the ini file uncorrupted.

 

EDIT: And JB's advice too.  I forgot about those!


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  • Ctrl+0 (zero) to open the Font Dialog box
  • Select the desired font
  • Check "Panel Default" and "Diagram default"

 

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You can also edit below keys of LabVIEW.ini :

 

appFont --> application

FPFont --> front panel
BDFont --> block diagram

 

The format is "Name" Size. For example :

FPFont="Tahoma" 13

 

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Thanks guys. I tried Jeff's suggestion first and that seemed to do the trick.

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I have a question on this similar topic. I have a build that the font size get's large when I put it on the end system. Both OS are Win7, I have the default for the app, diag, and system fonts check. Also, I defined in the .ini file that font and size I wanted. Any ideas? I'm using 13pt MS Sans Serif font.

 

Thank you for any help you can provide.

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The Windows scaling affects the font. If you don't use AppFont, but set the text to Segoe UI 15 i think it's fixed.

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Also, I'm running LV 2012sp1.

 

So, when you use appfont and select "Use default" is it using the computers default or what's in the .ini file?

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