Setting the default font

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Setting the default font

Hi All,
when i upgraded my OS from 10.5 to 10.6, the default font changes and become not pretty like what it was... (especially for some non-english fonts...)
i mean by [default font] : the font of the folders on my Desktop, the font that appears when i compile my Java code and get my application, and so...

iMac intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Mar 11, 2010 5:23 AM

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Mar 11, 2010 5:38 AM in response to Ahmad Issawi

I believe Tinkertool can change that. Also look at this article.

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Ahmad Issawi Author

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Mar 12, 2010 11:52 AM in response to musicwind95

Yes thanks TinkerTool provide change of Fonts...BUT ONLY for English fonts...
really i need to change the fonts of the other languages...
Thanks for any HELP ...

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 12, 2010 11:57 AM in response to Ahmad Issawi

really i need to change the fonts of the other languages...

Here's something about Chinese, but I doubt that is what you mean. It's always best to be specific when you ask for help here. What languages exactly?

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Ahmad Issawi Author

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Mar 12, 2010 12:03 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Here's something about Chinese, --> No link for Chinese...

What languages exactly? --> Arabic

It's always best to be specific when you ask for help here. -> ok u r right, sorry...

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 12, 2010 12:27 PM in response to Ahmad Issawi

What languages exactly? --> Arabic

What do you want to change it to? OS X can normally only use Apple fonts like Geeza Pro (and a few others found at SIL or the Mellel site) for Arabic, not standard Windows fonts.

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Ahmad Issawi Author

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Mar 12, 2010 12:47 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

First, thanks for your help

when i was on the 10.5 OS, i made some Java application containing some Arabic words as labels and so...
When i upgraded to 10.6, i found that those Arabic words change to another font that it a little bigger than the old one and not so nice like what i had on the 10.5
(The same problem occurs on the names of folders and files...)
Thanks

Message was edited by: Ahmad Issawi

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Ahmad Issawi Author

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Mar 12, 2010 12:52 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

OS X can normally only use Apple fonts like Geeza Pro

Okey, How to access them?? in order to choose from them what i want??

(and a few others found at SIL or the Mellel site), not standard Windows fonts.

No, i don't like Windows fonts 😉

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 12, 2010 2:44 PM in response to Ahmad Issawi

Okey, How to access them?? in order to choose from them what i want??

I don't know of any way to change the default OS Arabic font. But I'm surprised there is some difference between 10.5 and 10.6, because I think Geeza Pro is default in both.

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 12, 2010 3:48 PM in response to Ahmad Issawi

PS I fired up 10.5 to check the difference using Arabic folder names. To me it looks like the same font is being used, but 10.6 seems much sharper and easier to read.

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Ahmad Issawi Author

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Mar 15, 2010 1:26 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks Tom,
... May be you compared just the fonts of folders and files under both OS 10.6 and 10.5
they have more difference than this level ...
for example, when i compiled my Java program containing some Arabic labels, I'm surprised when i saw the fonts under my new OS 10.6 .... it is the SAME code the same IDE ... all was the same, only the OS was upgraded to 10.6 ...
the question is always : How to access such font and size and edit it ...
in general, how to access any such font (English or Arabic or other...)
Thanks to any idea

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Ahmad Issawi Author

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Mar 16, 2010 7:37 AM in response to Ahmad Issawi

Any Help Please ?!

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 16, 2010 7:47 AM in response to Ahmad Issawi

Any Help Please ?!

I've been helping here on language and font issues for quite a long time, and I don't think anyone knows how to do what you want.

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X4U4EA

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Mar 18, 2010 11:29 AM in response to Ahmad Issawi

Can anyone tell me what I can do to correct this issue? I am using iMail ver. 4.2 (1077). When I send to other mac users my fonts and signatures remains the same as I had created. When sending to window users my fonts go crazy...defaulting to times roman and my signature gets huge but I believe it is the same font, just bigger. I can not seem to fix this issue, no matter what I do. Does anyone know a fix for this?

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 18, 2010 12:29 PM in response to X4U4EA

When sending to window users my fonts go crazy

To have your fonts appear correctly at the other end, you must set them in the New Message pane for each outgoing message individually. Is that what you are doing? Mail > Preferences does not accomplish this. Also you may need to make sure that the font you choose in the New Message pane is different than what you have chosen in Mail > Preferences.

In the future, for Mail questions I recommend that you post a new topic in the forum for Mail instead of tacking it on to a different question in the wrong forum.

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1338

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