DEFAULT_FONT

This variable defines which font to use for the DEFAULT_FONT. When DEFAULT_FONT is set to "0" (the normal setting), the font used depends on the host system as follows:

System Font Used
Graphical system MEDIUM-FONT
Non-graphical system FIXED-FONT

You can set DEFAULT_FONT to one of the following values to use a different font. The following words are valid settings:

Setting Font Used
TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL-FONT
FIXED FIXED-FONT
LARGE LARGE-FONT
MEDIUM MEDIUM-FONT
SMALL SMALL-FONT

Due to the way the runtime initializes the windowing subsystem, the DEFAULT_FONT setting is effective only when it is placed in the configuration file or the host system's environment. Setting DEFAULT_FONT from inside a COBOL program has no effect. See Format 3, ACCEPT Statement in the ACUCOBOL-GT Reference Manual) for more information.