Over the last couple of months I have taken you on a tour of the new UI in WindowBlinds 6, and even the basics of changing your Windows visual style. This time I wanted to get into some of the features that aren't talked about as much, but are very useful and definitely worth checking out.
I had a couple questions about this lately, so I wanted to start off with showing how you can change the fonts in your skin using WindowBlinds. Why would you want to do this you might be asking? Well there are a couple of good reasons....
- Some skins have fonts that are just too hard to read for some people. I'm not criticizing the techniques skinners use, but for people like me who "need" bigger fonts, the ability to change them easily is essential.
- Maybe you just don't like the font used. Everyone has different tastes when it comes to skins, but being to change something like the font can make a skin that much more enjoyable and usable.
- Just because....you can!
In WindowBlinds 6 you have the ability to change the font, and the font size with ease. Using the slider control you can simply change the size of the font by sliding to either bigger or smaller. To actually override the skins font and use another, simply select the font from the list and click "Apply changes". To get back to the default fonts used in the skin, just hit the reset button and apply again.
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WindowBlinds 6 fonts section |
You also have a few other options in the WB configuration such as disabling shadow and outline effects on controls, and the option not to use any of the system wide fonts defined by the skin. At the bottom of the configuration window you will see a link to another option to change the system fonts.
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Change skin fonts |
Here you have the option to alter the fonts in the sub-styles and even create a new sub-style based on your changes. This section gives you a bit more control of what fonts are changed, and if you make a mistake or want to go back to original state used, then hitting the "recover original" button should get you back to the original skin fonts.
If you don't have WindowBlinds, then you can find more information about it here: www.windowblinds.net