Font Setting and 4k Support

Font preference

User can adjust font size, family and color for different application User Interfaces (UI), there are 3 different UI font settings, if user has a high-resolution or 4k monitor and feels the fonts are too small, they can adjust the Application Global Size accordingly using the following settings.

  1. Application Global Size
  2. CLI
  3. Tooltips

Font tab of Preferences window

 

Application Font

The Application Global Size Font changes the size of font and icons for the main Application UI and dialogs. Use the slider to adjust the font and icon size and then click Apply.

 

Application Global Size Font slider

Packet Tracer window and Preferences window with Application Global Size Font set to 10

Packet Tracer window and Preferences window with Application Global Size Font set to 8

Configure Apps window with Application Global Size Font set to 8

Configure Apps window with Application Global Size Font set to 10

 

CLI Font

The CLI font setting changes font size and family in the terminal.

 

CLI Font dropdown options to change font style and font size

Router CLI dialog with default font size

Router CLI dialog with increased font size

 

Tooltips Font

The Tooltips font setting changes the font size and family of the popup tooltips.

 

Tooltips font dropdown options to change font style and font size

Router tooltip with default font size

Router tooltip with increased font size