default program font size

[drmacro]

I change the default font on my installs.


The ProDark.qss has a section:

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/*==================================================================================================
Reset elements
==================================================================================================*/
/* Resetting everything helps to unify styles across different operating systems */
* {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    border: 0px;
    border-style: none;
    border-image: none;
    outline: 0;
    color: #f5f5f5; /* Default color for labels and different text elements that usually use dark colors */

I'll have to rely on others for the source location on other OS'.
You'll need to find the source directory for your install for the stylesheets. It will be in the install directory Gui/Stylesteets
Make a copy of the file and place it in (on Linux...) by a new name: ~/.local/share/FreeCAD/Gui/Stylesheets/
I modify it as follows, in this case 14px to set the font to 14 pixels:

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/*==================================================================================================
Reset elements
==================================================================================================*/
/* Resetting everything helps to unify styles across different operating systems */
* {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    border: 0px;
    border-style: none;
    border-image: none;
    outline: 0;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #f5f5f5; /* Default color for labels and different text elements that usually use dark colors */

Restart FreeCAD and the sytlesheet should be available is Edit>Preferences>General, General tab, Main window, Style sheet:


Thanks to @obelisk79 for showing me this...

[Simbioz]

Thanks @onekk , @drmacro!

[Carsten]

Hi,

I also fought a while with the FreeCAD font size on Linux (using XFCE) and the AppImage.
Thanks to drmacro for the essential hint.

The following is a slightly more foolproof description

Remark: the AppImage mounts itself in /tmp when started

1. Find the stylesheets
1.1 Start FreeCAD:

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./FreeCAD_0.20-1-2022-08-20-conda-Linux-x86_64-py310.AppImage &

1.2 Find mount point:

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mount | grep FreeCAD

=>
FreeCAD_0.20-1-2022-08-20-conda-Linux-x86_64-py310.AppImage on /tmp/.mount_FreeCAXUkPVY type fuse.FreeCAD_0.20-1-2022-08-20-conda-Linux-x86_64-py310.AppImage (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100)

1.3 Find stylesheets:

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find /tmp/.mount_FreeCAXUkPVY -name ProDark.qss

=>
/tmp/.mount_FreeCAXUkPVY/usr/share/Gui/Stylesheets/ProDark.qss

2. Copy style sheets to home directory:

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cp -r  /tmp/.mount_FreeCAXUkPVY/usr/share/Gui ~/.local/share/FreeCAD/

3. Add font parameter as described by drmacro 2022-06-26 18:48 above.

Kind regards