Embedded UI fonts not scaling with dev computer

[LawrenceD]

I have an VI operating on a cRIO inside the embedded ui and I am trying to make the text larger. I am able to resize the text on my dev computer at will but when it gets deployed to the cRIO it sets the size to a very small setting. I found the article below that said that my fonts were not properly installed and gave me a command prompt command to input to fix it however when I entered that command it returns that the directory that the command is looking for does not exist. the font that is being displayed is very small and several of the people that I have testing the system have complained about it so I need to find a solution.

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000P7i1SAC

the article in question.

Larry Duepner

[LawrenceD]

I was able to run the command from the article on my cRIO however that has not solved the issue as the article suggests it will.

[JacobJC]

Hi Larry,

If the command returns that the directory does not exist, it is possible that the directory is located somewhere other than /usr/share/. Are you able to locate if "/fonts/X11" exists in your system?

I also found another forum that may help with your issue:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Changing-font-sizes-of-controls-in-Real-Time-Executables/td-p/37831...

[LawrenceD · Accepted solution]

I was able to find that directory in the location indicated in the article and was able to create the fonts.dir file but that did not solve the problem. What did solve the problem was reformatting the cRIO reinstalling the software and then I was able to issue the command form the article which allowed the text to be resized. Not sure why the initial attempt to issue the command was unsuccessful but I was finally able to get it working.

[JacobJC]

Hi Larry,

I am glad you were able to resolve your issue! Since your solution seemed to be different than creating the fonts.dir file, could you mark your last response as the solution? This will be helpful for others who may encounter this issue in the future.

Thanks!