Re: Beginner question

"Rainer Joswig (as joswig at lisp dot de)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.lispworks.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
For macOS / iOS/ ... developers there is also Apple's SF Mono, which one can download from here: https://developer.apple.com/fonts/



> Am 22.02.2026 um 16:19 schrieb Alexey Veretennikov (as alexey dot veretennikov at protonmail dot com) <[email protected]>:
> 
> The font thing is as subjective as a color theme :) I used OSX' Menlo for years, then Roboto Mono, and now enjoying (paid) Comic Code
> 
> 
> BR,
> /Alexey
> 
> 
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> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Sunday, 02/22/26 at 12:59 ahz (as ahz at snafu dot de) <[email protected]> wrote:
> This font is really great. Thanks for the hint.
> 
> Regards
> AHz
> 
> Am 19.02.2026 um 21:38 schrieb Marco Antoniotti (as marco dot antoniotti at unimib dot it):
>> 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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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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