block diagram font mysteriously larger now

[wb2nvy]

For years I've had  no problem but now whenever I add things to a block diagram the label font is huge - see attach. I added "Array" to an older vi.  I can resize it back to 13 but it's a pain to have to do that every time. I would like it to default to 13, but it seems to now have a much larger default that I can't change. Under Tools>Options>Fonts>Application font, I have "use default font" checked. When I uncheck that and look at what it's set to, it's 13, which is what I want.

How can I regain my original font 13 default?

[F._Schubert]

Check your Labview.ini file. In mine (7.1) it says

BDFont="2" 13

Felix

[wb2nvy]

Well, my .ini file had BDFont="0" 24, so I changed it to BDFont="2" 13. I closed & re-opened LV 8.5 and added a text, and it was the same large size. No change. I went back and checked my .ini file and it changed itself back to BDFont="0" 24.

[Ben]

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wb2nvy wrote:
Well, my .ini file had BDFont="0" 24, so I changed it to BDFont="2" 13. I closed & re-opened LV 8.5 and added a text, and it was the same large size. No change. I went back and checked my .ini file and it changed itself back to BDFont="0" 24.

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It sounds like you editted the ini file while LV wasa open. If so try it again with VL closed.

Ben

[wb2nvy]

That worked. Thank you both. Now can someone explain why I can't set the default fonts from the Tools>Options>Fonts box?

[mfitzsimons]

Do you know what controls the size of the font used for property nodes?  I opened one of my old VIs and the property node fond looks 18 or 24.  Tried to play with BDFont but seemed to have no effect of the size of the font for items listed in the property nodes.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

[Ben_S]

mfitzsimons,

Hello!

Checkout the LabVIEW configuration file/Fonts on the LabVIEW Wiki.

I used appFont to change the font on the property nodes. For Comic Value, test it at appFont = "0" 72 B.

[mfitzsimons]

Yes, seems to work and control the size of font used to display property nodes.

Thanks!

[Broken_Arrow]

On a side note regarding fonts: If you have ever made an EXE and the fonts on the EXE were smaller (or larger, different, etc) than the fonts you used in development mode, then the mentioned ini file font thing is the remedy. You have to edit the ini that is made (or carried over) when LV makes an EXE.

[mfitzsimons]

Thanks all!  Seriously good information that you won't find in the manual.  Been struggling with big fonts messing up my diagram for a few months especially when I imported old code.  Now all is good and appreciate the bit of knowledge.  I was expecting something simple like in the options to set the font size on the block diagram.  Silly me.