[Wine] Re: How to fix Wine menu fonts that are too small

[Darren Wilkinson]

joe at actionline.com wrote:
> I just installed WINE and got it working to some extent, but the menu
> and dialog box fonts are too small. See an example at this URL:
> http://www.fixaim.com/temp/winecfg.jpg
> 
> After searching winehq.org and Google groups and various other places,
> the only remedies that have been suggested have not worked.
> 
> One suggestion was to copy the fonts found in such places as
> /usr/share/fonts/ttf and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts into
> /usr/joe/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts
> 
> I did that, but that did not solve the problem.
> 
> Another suggestion was to run "wine regedit" in console and select:
> HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\Software\Fonts\LogPixels
> Then change the value to adjust the size of the fonts.
> In the 'regedit' configuration window, I also saw these attributes:
> 
> "FIXED.FON"="vgafix.fon"
> "FONTS.FON"="vgasys.fon"
> "LogPixels"=dword:00000060
> "OEMFONT.FON"="vga850.fon"
> 
> But I cannot find those fonts on my system and I don't know how (or if)
> to change any of those ... or to what to change them. I also found
> those same configuration elements near the end of this file:
> /home/joe/.wine/system.reg ... but I don't know if it is okay to edit
> that file in a text editor ... and I don't know what changes to make.
> Those configuration elements were right below the following line:
> 
> [System\\CurrentControlSet\\Hardware
> Profiles\\Current\\Software\\Fonts] 1149426108
> 
> So, can anyone tell me where these menu and dialog font specs are
> configured or defined and how to change them and to what to change
> them?
> 
> joe (at) actionline.com 
> Mesa, Arizona USA
> 
That is the default font that I get. If you also have windows installed you 
could just copy the c:\windows\fonts files to the same folder in your fake
windows setup.