Re: Beginner question

Hi

May I also suggest installing and choosing the "IBM Plex Mono" font?

Somehow the editor becomes way more beautiful (at least for me).

Cheers

MA

PS I know it would be major... but any possibility of going past the
Windows 7/XP look-n-feel on Windows?

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM Bradford Miller (as bradford dot w dot
miller at gmail dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, I noticed a problem with the latest release shrinking the fonts as
> well. To fix:
>
> Go into settings (in the LispWorks menu).
>
> Select Environment
>
> Select the Styles tab
>
> Click “Override the system default font” if it isn’t set.
>
> Click where it says “Click here to choose the font”
>
> At the left side of the right half (the left half has a list of fonts, the
> right half is showing you your type options in the style you choose on the
> left) there is either a pull-down list of font sizes OR an empty box where
> you can type in a font size (and in the latter case you’ll have no idea
> that’s what that box is for! :-)
>
> Pick a size you like, you can start with 16 or 18 to get something you can
> at least read and then make adjustments.
>
> Close this window. “Click here to choose the font” should now be using
> your selected font and size.
>
> Click OK at the bottom right.
>
> You should be good to go!
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2026, at 2:36 PM, Thomas F Davis (as tfdavis at snet dot net) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> I am a retiree who wants to keep my mind active, so I am beginning a
> long-standing desire to lean Lisp. I have downloaded LispWorks Personal on
> my macOS laptop.
>
> But...the text I type is much too small to read comfortably. How do I
> increase the font to a comfortable size?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>
>

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