Re: Beginner question

I used Consolas and Lucida for many years.  And Courier New.

But I tried IBM Plex Mono and on LW I really like it.  Somehow Emacs is
less so.

MA


On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM Rainer Joswig (as joswig at lisp dot de) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for Android.
>
>
> -------- 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]> 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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