Adjust font size

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Ryma
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Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2025 7:07 pm

Adjust font size

Post by Ryma »

Hi

I'm having a lot of trouble reading the windows under the Help section. The font is so small that my eyes start to hurt every time I try to read something there. Is there a way to adjust the font?
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Strange, the image is displayed much too large here, so the font is not 1:1 as in the original.

I have the same problem with the search window, where the search term is also significantly smaller than the results list.
2025-07-02 17_32_17-sdfg df dfg dfgdfg dsfg  - Everything.jpg
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I would appreciate the opportunity to correct the font in the two problem areas mentioned.

Best regards, Ryma
void
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Re: Adjust font size

Post by void »

Everything uses the System Icon font for most UI fonts.
Everything uses the system DPI scaling.



The easiest way to adjust the font size for Everything 1.4 is to change your Everything DPI scaling:

Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/dpi=144

(where 144 is the desired DPI, 96 is the default)
Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, dpi=144 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Restart Everything:
Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/restart

Press ENTER in your Everything search box.




To set the search edit font size:
In Everything, from the File menu, click Exit.

In Windows Explorer, type in the following address and press ENTER:

%APPDATA%\Everything


Open your Everything.ini
(it should open in Notepad with a double click)
-You don't need admin permissions.
-Ignore the Everything.ini in C:\Program Files\Everything

Change the following lines:

search_edit_font=
search_edit_font_size=

to:

search_edit_font=arial
search_edit_font_size=26

where arial is the font name (leave empty to use the default)
where 26 is the desired font height in pixels.

Save changes and exit notepad.
Restart Everything.



For Everything 1.5, change your UI scale under Tools -> Options -> UI -> UI Scale
You can change the font size for each control in Everything 1.5 from Tools -> Options -> Fonts and colors.
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