How do I change all font sizes in Eclipse?

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Regarding Stack Overflow question How can I change font size in Eclipse for Java text editors?:

This question asks how to change the font size in an editor window. But is there a way to change all the font sizes for the entire Eclipse GUI?

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eclipse
Why? ... However I don't thinks so. But eclipse is open source so you could rebuild it with your font... If you really need it - Ahmad
I got a monitor for my macbook, so I want the fonts to look bigger on the monitor. - Yao Liu
The eclipse UI is so terrible/ancient. The fact that questions like this have to be asked in the first place are a clear indicator this IDE could use some upgrades. - Alexander

4 Answers

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Go to Window->Preferences, General->Appearance->Colors and Fonts

Go to basic. Look for text font and text editor.

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To change fonts in the Eclipse workspace with Linux, Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), I modified system fonts desktop → System → Preferences → Appearance → Fonts.

I also modified Eclipse v3.7 (Indigo) → menu Windows → Preferences → General → Appearances → Colors and Fonts. It reflected in Eclipse.

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To change eclipse package explorer font size on windows 7

Open below file location where your eclipse exe file is present

eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.0.1.v20141126-1957\css/e4_default_win7.css

add

 .MPart Tree{  
  font-size: 12;  
 }

Restart the eclipse for the changes to reflect

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Add to Eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.themes_<version>\css\dark\e4-dark_globalstyle.css:

 * {
    font-size: 13;
}

Depending on the Eclipse version and theme (I'm using dark theme!) you are using, you might need to add this to another css file, e.g. e4_basestyle.css.