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How do you change the Default Font in Mathematica

Raymond Low
Posted 12 years ago

I don't know who assigned "Gill Sans" as the default font. You can not tell the difference between the letter 'l' the capital letter 'I' and the number '1'. Absolutely maddening, How do I change the default font so that each new Notebook will open in my choice of font. BTW, does anyone have an opinion as to which font is most legible between small and upper case and different from numbers, meaning the number 1 is not confused with a small letter 'l' or a capital "I". Thanks for the help.
POSTED BY: Raymond Low
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POSTED BY: George Woodrow III
Raymond Low
Raymond Low
Posted 12 years ago

using the pull down menu "Format" then > "Style" and then the nine commands for various style sheets, this is what I get. After the cmd# are three small "l" followed by three capital "I" followed by three number ones.

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only cmd9 'input' can one begin to tell the difference, and even there the "l" and the number "1" are pretty damn similar. How can I permanently change this default font... to something that is readable?????
POSTED BY: Raymond Low

Which cell format? Input cells are Courier or Courier New and should not be changed.

Ten minutes later:
I went spelunking in the deep-down style sheets and found that Gill Sans is used for Title, Subsection, etc.
POSTED BY: Bruce Miller

Choose "Show Fonts" from the "Format" dropdown menu. Here are three characters using Lucida Grande:

 i  I  1
POSTED BY: S M Blinder
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