Tag Archives: font

IntelliJ bigger Font size

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At any meetup, conferences, the speaker shows the code on the large. People in the back struggle to read what is on the screen.

Usually, the advice is Ctrl+plus , or Ctrl + mouse wheel up on Mac or PC. But this applies only to the current file (not a global setting).

Recently (yesterday) I had a hangout call, where I had to show code on my IDE.

The Smart Way to increase Font size

In order to keep the same font size global, go to IntelliJ IDEA > Preferences

Preferences > Editor > Font > Size . Enter the new font size

Don’t forget to press “Apply”or “OK”

After the presentation you can revert to the previous font size.

Github library : Android-TextFontStyle

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The designer studio where I work has a tendency to use special font in the text  because it’s eye-catching.

In others previous projects, I saw the font is applied programmatically. It’s difficult to maintain each TextView because you have to keep track in the java code.

For design purpose, I prefer to work in xml.
Style in Android works like Microsoft Word style : define a style and apply it to a TextView. Any change  to the style will be taken in account the TextView.

I hope more developers use typography as the app really stands out. Maybe Steve Jobs was right about the importance of typography.

And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it’s likely that no personal computer would have them.

The library is available here.  https://github.com/raychenon/Android-TextFontStyle

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