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Print at Dec 20, 2025, 3:36:23 AM

Posted by Puybaret at Jul 20, 2015, 11:39:14 AM

Re: Tiny display in Win 8.1
Forcing Java Metal Look and Feel should help, because it lets you choose the font size of a Java application.

To test this solution, run notepad.exe or another text editor, copy the following text (possibly changing the 30 number by a different size)

-Dswing.defaultlaf=javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel 
-Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont=Dialog-30 
-Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont=SansSerif-30 
-Dswing.plaf.metal.systemFont=SansSerif-30

and save it in a file named SweetHome3D.l4j.ini (pay caution to the .ini extension) in the folder where Sweet Home 3D is installed (probably C:\Program Files\Sweet Home 3D). If you can't save it in this folder because of restricted access, save it on your desktop then move it in Sweet Home 3D installation folder afterwards. Once done, restart Sweet Home 3D.
Please, tell us which size works the best because it could interest other users.

[Note: I updated the size to 30 from following user comments. Thanks for your feedback!]
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

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