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How can the font size be changed in Notepad++?

I just downloaded and installed Notepad++ v5.4.5 (I have been using UltraEdit for the last 11.5 years) and can not find a menu command for changing the screen font. I want to change it to Lucida Console 18pt.

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Ctrl and +/- or mouse wheel to zoom in/out

Edit: Or to achieve exactly what you asked for...

Settings > Style Configurator. Under Font Style you can set the font and size

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while answering, how do you get the Ctrl in a box?? – Lazer Sep 16 '09 at 19:15
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Type <kbd>key</kbd> – Ciaran Sep 17 '09 at 0:43
Had the same question. Found an answer on yahoo which said to use Format menu, but my Notepad++ has no such menu. Thanks for the ans. :) – Hiral Jhaveri Mar 9 at 6:52
Just what I was looking for. Thanks. – Baxter Apr 17 at 14:29
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Open menu Settings/Style Configurator. Then with the default theme "Default (styles.xml)" and default language "Global Styles", change the font name and font size for style "Default Style" (the default, style "Global override" will not cut it).

If a document is already open then the display will change immediately as the font name and font size is changed - nice touch! Press the "Save & Close" button to keep the new settings.

Note that in Notepad++ 6.0, you will also need to check the enable global font and enable global font size check boxes.

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Fonts and styles can be changed in the Style Configurator.

  • Settings
  • Style Configurator
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Alternatively, hold Ctrl and use the scroll wheel of your mouse.

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Ctrl + F12 will give you all authorities to change the appearance, background, foreground, fonts etc. !

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Gaurav, what is Ctrl + F12 supposed to do? It does nothing on my installation, Notepad++ v. 5.4.5. For instance, is there a corresponding menu command? – Peter Mortensen Sep 17 '11 at 9:46
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With 5.9.4 I have found that the global override does cut it, as zooming seems to influence global and language-specific font settings differently so that whitespace has different sizes (Tabs don't line up with different zoom levels). The font size did not seem to change either..

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So... is this a fix to the problem or..? – Simon Sheehan Dec 5 '11 at 21:02
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(Notepad++ 6.1.1)

My 2¢.

Not sure about you but to me this feature should be in Preferences, I totally missed it when it was right underneath it :p.

Anyway, you could kill two birds with one stone by changing the theme:

  1. Change font
  2. Chose a dark background color

Inside Style Configurator box, at the top it's the theme selector "Select theme"

Notepadd++ has many themes to choose from, so if you're one of those that like to code in a dark background with a san-serif font the Ruby Blue theme is a good choice, it works great for me.

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