modelsim ase 10.4d/quartus lite 16.0,15.1 on linux source font problem

adjusting font scaling to -1120 px per 11 inches gives giant fonts in modelsim 10.4d source window, without any of the library tricks described earlier.. this is huge.. :3

Note:

please do not replicate this, it seems to break the modelsim interface permanently :( need to find the control file to readjust the font scaling option.

I don't think tcl/tk font scale accept a negative value. please confirm manual.

As for the control file, according to the modelsim command manual, they might be .modelsim or modelsim.ini.

pref.tcl might be possible, I think.

As for the negative font size specifying, I found the behavior has been quite strange via editing the preference menu(by name).

So I recommend editing default textfont size of $HOME/.modelsim file to the negative value(such as -12 or -10), and don't touch.

I think you can specify any fixed font as you wish.

I'm going to test these settings. My environment is Ubuntu16.04_64 and CentOS7.2_64.

On CentOS, all defualt fonts were specified by negative value at first, but preference menu does not show negative value on the menu.

The behavior is slightly strange. I guess this is also some trick by Altera or Mentor. That's why I think it might be no use to reinstall

fonts or libraries.

do you find ?

I guess default scale initialize file might be 'screenscalesV2' of $HOME/.modelsim,

because my screen setting exists only there.

the scale value syntax might be,

host-name:0.0 {pixels-point inch pixel}

here, pixels-point is tk scaling factor of pixels/point. it's around 1(me, 1.3546).

I'm not sure how they calculate it.

Hi,

I am using Quartus Prime Version 15.1.2 Build 193 02/01/2016 SJ Standard Edition (as well as Quartus 13.1) on Windows 10. I am having issues with the GUI. Some buttons are too small for the writing inside to be readable. For example, in Qsys, every elements in the lists under "IP Catalog>Project", "IP Catalog>Library" as well as the lists under "Hierarchy" are overlapping each other and therefore unreadable. Also, when I select an IP from the IP catalog, the font is too small to be readable.

Can you help me to figure out which settings I have to change? Thank you very much for your help.

I also installed Quartus16 on win10_64, and I don't find out any Qsys overlapping font problem now.

I mainly use linux sorry. I'm not familiar with windows. However, I found out I didn't have IP

catalog dialog in Quartus16 :( I have to look into them well.

I didn't find out any option menu to customize font in Qsys. It also look like tcl/tk app, but ...

I ran into this too in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with modelsim 10.5 ASE. I fixed it as follows :

1. Open ~/.modelsim

2. Find: PrefDefault = ... textFontV2 {Verdana 12}

3. Change 12 to -12, so it will looks like this: textFontV2 {Verdana -12}

4. Save ~/.modelsim

5. Reopen modelsim