[R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor

[Ebert,Timothy Aaron]

I am on windows. In the R editor that comes with the R installation I can go to the "Edit" menu and thence to the "GUI preferences" at the bottom of the drop down. I get a pop up (that I cannot show) and there is a "Font" section that allows you to change font, and size, and style. Size options go up to 36 point font, but have many smaller options. The apply button at the bottom lets me see the results without closing the window.

Tim

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Subject: Re: [R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor

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By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.

Cheers,
Bert



On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM John Warner <John.Warner using chdifoundation.org>
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> Dear R development  Team
> I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision.  I have been
> using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with
> it except for one minor detail.  There seems to be no way to change
> the font in the standard R editor.  I think that this used to be
> possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases.  At
> the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my
> needs.  By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with
> fonts that I like.  It also seems to work if I start a new file in
> notepad and set the font size there.  I can then open this file in the
> R editor and the font size will be retained.  At the very least I
> would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases.
> Best
> John Warner
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