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Subject:RE: Fonts in Windows text boxes From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:16:49 -0400
"Message Box" is the font that Windows uses to display messages to you, not
the reverse. See David's original post:
> > David Slonosky wrote:
> > I was wondering what determines which font is used when a
> > user enters
> > text in a text box in Windows 2000+. Looking through the
> > settings in
> > Control Panel didn't yield any immediate insights.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D.H.White
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 12:09 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Fonts in Windows text boxes
>
> Display Properties|Advanced (Properties)|Item=Message Box
> This setting is different from that of the Title Bar, where
> you can choose a font, too.
> The "normal" Windows font in message boxes is Tahoma. You can
> change it to any font in your library.
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