[R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor

[Bert Gunter]

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>
wrote:

> 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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