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Change the Fonts used in Apple's Launcher
Using ResEdit, you can assign four different fonts for use in the Launcher:
- The font used in the Folder buttons on the top
- A font for small button displays
- A font for medium button displays
- And a font for large button displays
In this window, Comic Sans 12 is used for the top row of folder buttons, and Helvetica Bold 9 is used for the small icon names.
For medium buttons, I used plain Tecton at 12 point.
And for large buttons, I used Courier at 14 point.
 Before you get started, you need the font ID for the fonts you wish to use.
Open a font you want to use in ResEdit, find the FOND resource, and open it with a double-click.
 For reasons unknown to me, you will see many Font ID"s in the FOND window, but the font you want will also be there.In the case of Tecton, the ID number is 9729.
Once you have all the ID's you need, you're ready to edit the Launcher
 Open a copy of the Launcher with ResEdit.
Find the fnin resource and open it with a double-click.
Open ID #116 with a double-click.
Item number one represents the font used for the top folder buttons.
Enter the Font Name and Font ID number.
The Face sets the font style. Some examples are: 0=plain, 1=bold, 2=italic, etc.
For the font Size, you may enter any number for a truetype font, but if the font is a bitmap (like Tecton), you should enter one of the exact point sizes from that font's suitcase, otherwise the system resizes the font which usually doesn't look very good!
Item number 2 is the font used for the medium sized buttons.
Item number 5 is the font used for the small buttons
And finally, item number 8 is the font used for the large buttons.
The remaining Item numbers do not appear to have any effect on my version of the Launcher (3.1).
After every font change, you can close the Launcher in ResEdit and check your work without restarting. |
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