Changing the Hierarchy Editor Fonts

To change the Hierarchy Editor fonts,

1. Create a file named .hedinit (for standalone HED) or .cdsinit (for Virtuoso HED) in your home directory or current working directory.
2. In the .hedinit or .cdsinit file, add an hiSetFont SKILL function call specifying the font to use.
   The Hierarchy Editor only supports the label font type for the t_fontType argument.
   For example:

 hiSetFont("text" ?name "Roboto Mono" ?size 12)

 hiSetFont("ciw" ?name "Roboto Mono" ?size 12)

 hiSetFont("label" ?name "Open Sans" ?size 12)

1. Restart the Hierarchy Editor.

You can have multiple .hedinit or .cdsinit files. The Hierarchy Editor looks for the following files, in this order, and uses the first file that is found:

• your_install_dir/tools/dfII/local/.hedinit
  Use this directory if you want to customize fonts for your entire site.
  If you create a site .hedinit or .cdsinit file, you should include the following in the file:

  if( and( isFile( "./.hedinit" ) isReadable( "./.hedinit" ) )
     then loadi( "./.hedinit" )
     else when( and( isFile( "~/.hedinit" ) isReadable( "~/.hedinit" ) )
               loadi( "~/.hedinit" )
          )
  )

  This loads users’ ./.hedinit or if it exists, ~/.hedinit if that exists, and is needed because the Hierarchy Editor only reads the first .hedinit file that is found.
  • ./.hedinit
  • ~/.hedinit
• your_install_dir/tools/dfII/local/.cdsinit
  

  if( and( isFile( "./.cdsinit" ) isReadable( "./.cdsinit" ) )
     then loadi( "./.cdsinit" )
     else when( and( isFile( "~/.cdsinit" ) isReadable( "~/.cdsinit" ) )
               loadi( "~/.cdsinit" )
          )
  )

  This loads users’ ./.cdsinit if it exists, or ~/.cdsinit, if that exists, and is needed because the Hierarchy Editor only reads the first .cdsinit file that is found.
  • ./.cdsinit
  • ~/.cdsinit

Related topics

Hierarchy Editor Menu Commands

Customizing Hierarchy Editor Menus

Customizing Hierarchy Editor Columns

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