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Please do not mark this question as duplicate. There are some similar questions, but they are stale. They are about old versions and none of their suggestions solved my issue. (eg: How to increase font size of Eclipse globally?)

I am using eclipse Kepler on Yosemite. I want to change all of my front size in eclipse larger. I am using a 1080p monitor, and it's quite painful to see those small fonts. I found a way to change the package explorer font and java editor font, but I want to change others too. I want to change the fonts in the opened tabs, outline, task and possibly all other views. Is there a way to change them globally? If not, is there a way to change them one by one? I checked "General - Appearance - Colors and Fonts". There is no way to change the fonts on those views.

Here is what I have tried:

  • change the Colors and Fonts from eclipse preference. It can only change the editor's font.

  • remove "-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts" from eclipse.ini. It has no effect at all.

  • modify "eclipse kepler/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.3.0.v20130605-2000/css/e4_default_mac.css". I learned how to modify the fonts in package Exploer. I just need to add:

    #org-eclipse-jdt-ui-PackageExplorer Tree, #org-eclipse-ui-navigator-ProjectExplorer Tree { font-size: 14px; /* <-- Desired font size */ }

Modifying the css may be a way to change the fonts of other views, but I don't know how.

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  • There is still no way to increase the font globally. reducing the screen resolution is one alternative.
    – Ruskes
    Commented Mar 18, 2015 at 16:47
  • I tried it, but osx looked really ugly after I reduced the resolution, so it's not an option.
    – Alex
    Commented Mar 18, 2015 at 16:52
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    Well, you can increase all font sizes using Color and Fonts at Eclipse Mars at Yosemite: just type font at the filter and click through all list items - not all of them are very explicit (e.g. increasing dialog font size doesn't affect tabs font size). Doesn't Kepler allow all the same?
    – FlasH from Ru
    Commented Aug 23, 2015 at 19:55
  • The fonts preferences don't change many of the outlines, apparently intentional: stackoverflow.com/questions/3124629/… Modifying the eclipse.ini file doesn't seem to have any affect in El Capitan. In Mars it's located at /Applications/Eclipse2015.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini and you have to change it in 2 places. I've tried both removing it, and also setting it to false (per another suggestion I saw on the web) So this old trick doesn't seem to work on El Capitan and Mars.
    – Mark Bennett
    Commented Jan 4, 2016 at 22:40

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Solution for Eclipse Oxygen at MacOS High Sierra (Dec 2017)

  1. Open terminal and run commands:

    cd /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.2.1.v20170809-1435/css

vim e4_basestyle.css

  2. Add a style:

    * {
    font-size: 14;
}

  3. Restart Eclipse to apply changes.

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    I found it also needed font-family to be specified.
    – dmolony
    Commented Apr 15, 2018 at 1:52
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This does work for me on Yosemite and Eclipse Neon 3. But the font increase is very minimal, I did not even notice it the first time. I'd estimate it went from 4pt to 6pt. It still helps though, because before it was almost unreadable. After, it was small but readable. Take a before/after screenshot to compare.

  • Go to your Eclipse folder, e.g. ~/java-neon/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse
  • Edit eclipse.ini
  • Delete all occurrences of -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts (should be two of them).
  • Restart Eclipse
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  • This made a significant improvement for me, even though it's 4 years later, so thank you for that. Easy to change and clear results.
    – SilverSideDown
    Commented Jul 28, 2021 at 18:32
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Try this:

  1. From Preferences, search for "text Font", and you should arrive at "General-Appearance-Colors and Fonts".
  2. Click "Colors and Fonts" on left if it's not already hightlighted.
  3. On the right, expand the "Basic" Folder, and double click "Text Font".

This is the default setting that the text editors and console use. It won't change the package explorer or other eclipse widgets.

While you're there, you may be interested in trying out this font. I find it to be much more readable: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html

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