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Q84169: Changing the Icon Title Size/Font for Windows 3.1

Article: Q84169
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win31
Last Modified: 03-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Windows version 3.1 supplies an easy method for changing the font
style, size, and boldness of icons. This method allows you to modify the titles
below icons if they appears small or difficult to read. (Note that this
procedure works for font files with a .FON extension only.)

These modifications can be made in the WIN.INI file under the [Desktop] section.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following three settings can be added to the [Desktop] section of the
WIN.INI file to change the font style, size, and boldness of titles below the
desktop icons:

- IconTitleFaceName=<FontName>

     Default:  MS Sans Serif
     Purpose:  This entry specifies the font used to display
               icon titles.

  NOTE: <FontName> is the name of the system font in Windows 3.1, not the
  font filename, a TrueType font (for example, Arial), a Vector font (for
  example, Modern), or a Raster font (for example, Courier).

- IconTitleSize=<number>

     Default:  8
     Purpose:  This entry specifies the size of the font used to
               display icon titles.

- IconTitleStyle=<0-or-1>

     Default:  0
     Purpose:  This entry specifies whether the icon title text should be
               bold. When the value is set to 1, the icon title text is
               bold. When the value is set to 0, the icon title appears as
               regular text.

Not all fonts set with IconTitleFaceName change the icon title to the expected
font. Of the fonts supplied with Windows 3.1, the bold, italic, and bold italic
TrueType fonts do not display when set with this switch. The TrueType font
Wingdings, and the Vector fonts, Modern, Roman, and Script do not display
either.

Steps to Edit the WIN.INI File
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1. Open the WIN.INI file in Notepad.

2. Scroll down to the [Desktop] section.

3. Add the following lines (entries are not case sensitive):

        IconTitleFaceName=Courier
        IconTitleSize=10

  This example changes the font to Courier and the title size to 10 point.

For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  raster and vector and fonts and windows

  -or-

  IconVerticalSpacing and SystemFont and windows

REFERENCES
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"Microsoft Windows Resource Kit," version 3.1, page 169

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 screen small large icons icon sizing resizing changing

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Keywords          : win31 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWFW310 kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11

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