Fonts Tab

Click the desired font for the characters in the session window. TrueType fonts are preceded by .

The fonts that appear in this list box vary, depending on which fonts are installed and whether your system is configured to display only TrueType fonts.

Option

Description

Fonts

Click the desired font for the characters in the session window.

TrueType fonts are preceded by .

Size

Click a point size for the font you have selected.

Autosize Font

Select this option to automatically use the optimum font size based on the size of the session window.

If you select this option, the font size increases or decreases as you resize the window.

If you clear this option, the font remains the size specified in the Size list box no matter what the size of the session window.

Autosize Window

Select this option to automatically adjust the session window size based on the size of the font. This ensures that the window is always large enough to display all the text in the specified font.

If you clear this option, the window size will not adjust automatically. To make it the desired size, you must do so manually.

Sample

This area shows how the characters will appear with the font and size you have chosen.

To specify the font and size of characters

  1. If an ALC session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Font.

  4. From the Fonts list box, click the desired font for the characters in the session window.

    TrueType fonts are preceded by .

    The fonts that appear in this list box vary, depending on which fonts are installed and whether your system is configured to display only TrueType fonts. (For information about configuring your system regarding TrueType fonts, click Related Topics below.)

    When you click a font name in this list box, a sample of that font appears in the Sample box.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To use

    Do this

    A specific font size

    Clear Autosize Font and click the desired font size from the Size list box.

    The optimum font size for the size of the session window

    Select Autosize Font.The optimum font size for the size of the session window .

    NOTE:Many fonts support only one size. If you have selected such a font, you cannot select a size.

  6. To automatically adjust the session window size based on the size of the font, select Autosize Window. This ensures that the window is always large enough to display all the text in the specified font.

    If you clear this option, the window size will not adjust automatically. To make it the desired size, you must do so manually.

    NOTE:If you select both this option and Autosize Font and then tile or cascade your windows, Accessory Manager tiles or cascades the windows, automatically applies an appropriate font size to accommodate the window size, and then resizes the window to fit the selected font. As a result, the windows might not appear equally sized.