Shell Font Size

Apologies if this question has been answered before but I couldn't find it.

Is it possible to increase the font size for these values in the registry?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrent VersionFontSubstitutes

• MS Shell Dlg

• MS Shell Dlg 2

Im currently using LucidaGr and the font appears very small. Imo LucidaGr 12pt looks great. Can I change the size of the fonts assigned by the registry keys above? The attached pic shows where you see these fonts as an example.

#488767

can't you do that in Display properties-appearance tab-advanced- MESSAGE BOX? then apply - theme tab - save theme as....

#488887

u can add the font size i think llike Lucida Gr,12

#488891

hey blitzr...i tried doing that...but it doesnt help..the font is set to default Arial then. thanks for the reply.

#488909

can't you do that in Display properties-appearance tab-advanced- MESSAGE BOX? then apply - theme tab - save theme as....

Sorry for the double post.

No. The font indicated in the preview is set elsewhere. its not in the appearance properties

#488910

offtopic:

Might I ask what WB theme it is ur using in the screenshot? and what combination fonts also? Looks kick-ass! Much obliged..

#488923

offtopic:
Might I ask what WB theme it is ur using in the screenshot? and what combination fonts also? Looks kick-ass! Much obliged..

he's using leopard glass by neodesktop, check out at deviantart...

@mevermore, i think the font size can be edited in hkcu-control panel-desktop-windowmetrics...

look for messagefont, values are in binary. the first value in the data string is the font size, f5 means 8, f3 is 9....

#488930

@Vale46

Thanks! yes kinsemon is right..its neodesktop's leopard glass 3. and the font is LucidaGr. dont remember who made it...but I think it came with mac OSX Leopard theme by blitzr...another great leopard theme!!!

@kinsemon

the current value is f1. what is binary value i can put in the string for 11 pt font? I tried changing it to something else but the value is set to default again when I restart my computer.

#488964

hk users-default-control panel-desktop-windowmetrics? not sure. just guessing...

#488984

nope. that didnt work either. thanks for trying though

Edit: I found a way. Editing shell32.dll using ResHack can solve the problem by changing the Dialogue group scripts. I have not yet changed the system file but only did it as a test. for eg: (this is the dialogue box script for the recycle bin)

1045 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 145, 155

CAPTION "Global"

LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"

Changing the Bold part from 8 to 10 did seem work and it compiled fine. But you'd have to do it manually for almost every dialogue box. Is there a way I can do it once without having to change it for hundreds of dialogue boxes?

#488998

@ Vale46 - i made the font

#489002

@mevermore: You could create a copy of the font at the size you require and save it with a different name and reference that font in MS Shell Dlg.

#489122

I know...I mean i thought of that as an alternate solution, of making a bigger font at the size of 8. but how i dont know how to do it.

#489204