[R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor

[Ebert,Timothy Aaron]

In RStudio there is the "View" tab at the top, and within that there is "Zoom in" and "Zoom out". I like RStudio enough that I have not explored other options, and I do not have abundant time to make the exploration. RStudio does what I need, so I move on.

Tim

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From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 2:54 PM
To: John Warner <John.Warner using chdifoundation.org>; r-help using r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor

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On 2025-09-18 12:19 p.m., John Warner 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.

John:

You mention notepad, so I assume you're working on Windows.  But there are several possible editors you could be using there.  Are you running Rgui.exe and using the built in editor?  Or RStudio?  Or something else?

I'm not on Windows, so I can't recommend the best editor to use, but there are multiple choices possible.

Duncan Murdoch

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