3dsmax: how to increase UI font size.

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Posting here, since this place is one of the first google results regarding the subject. Older threads are closed, so I made this one. Hopefully others will find this thread instead.

 

So I finally found a partial solution to the problem. It's not perfect, but better than nothing.

3dsmax's default font is Tahoma (and fortunately for us it's not embedded\hardcoded into exe\dll or whatever it could be). Simply replacing default font won't be enough, since UI is locked at 96dpi (that's the reason why everything is so small). First, you need to manually increase font size using any ttf font editor (google it or just follow this tutorial: [Tutorial]: How to change the size of a .tt… | HTC Droid Incredible | XDA Forums )

 

 

Once you're done with the font, place it to C:\Windows\Fonts. Next, in windows registry, navigate to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

and replace

"Tahoma (TrueType)"="tahoma.ttf"

with

"Tahoma (TrueType)"="YOUR_NEW_FONT.ttf"

 

 

 

(in my case, it's "testfont.ttf")

 

 

Log off to apply the changes.

 

Before:

 

 

After:

 

 

 

 

In this case the default font is scalled at 140%. It's a bit too large for 96dpi and leads to such consequences:

 

 

so I guess 120-130% would be optimal size, depending on the font you'll use.

 

 

That's all, hope that helps.