Hi, From what we tested the fonts in Java do not look the same as in native applications. For example setting a Courier New in oXygen and playing with all the anti-aliasing options available gives a different rendering than setting the same font in a native application. Our general feeling was that the monospaced fonts set in Java are uglier :) thus the decision to use a different type of font. On Mac there was an issue with the fonts that forced the usage of a fixed-width font: http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64 Please note that once you set a font that should be taken automatically by new versions of oXygen when you upgrade from a version to another. Best Regards, George -- George Cristian Bina <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com Andrew Welch wrote:
Yes, and more, oXygen allows you to configure not only the editor font but also the font for UI controls. See Options->Preferences -- Fonts.
Out of interest, why isn't the default font not a monospaced font??
I don't know what other people use with oXygen, but the first thing I do is switch to a fixed width font (monospaced size 12) otherwise single quotes within double quotes (eg select="'some text'") really strain your eyes.
The font for the editor in Netbeans is monospaced by default, and I think most other IDEs are, which is why it's a little unusual for the default font to not be monospaced...