Change GUI Font Size

With the advent of the large high resolution monitors such as 4K (high-DPI) some DataVeil and FileMasker users have found that the font displayed by the GUI's can be too small to comfortably read.

It has also been noted that this can vary according to the version of Java being used. For example, if Java 8 is currently used and the font is too small then the problem may disappear after upgrading to Java 11 or later. The issue may also be different for Windows users vs Linux users.

In any case, it is relatively simple to manually adjust the font size in each of the DataVeil and FileMasker applications.

For DataVeil:

  • In the DataVeil software folder, edit the file etc/dataveil.conf
  • Find the line beginning with 'default_options=' and ending with '--branding dataveil"'. As of version 4.4.0 this can be found on line 27. Note, this is a very long line.
  • Immediately after '--branding dataveil' and before the double-quote, insert ' --fontsize 16'.
  • Do not change any other options on this long line otherwise DataVeil may not function properly.
  • Note, you can specify any fontsize that you are comfortable with and not just 16 as shown above. For example, fontsize could instead be set to 14 or 18.
dv_fontsize

For FileMasker:

  • In the FileMasker software folder, edit the file etc/filemasker.conf
  • Find the line beginning with 'default_options=' and ending with '--branding filemasker"'. As of version 1.2.0 this can be found on line 61.
  • Immediately after '--branding filemasker' and before the double-quote, insert ' --fontsize 16'.
  • Note, you can specify any fontsize that you are comfortable with and not just 16 as shown above. For example, fontsize could instead be set to 14 or 18.
fm_fontsize2

After saving the .conf file, restart the DataVeil or FileMasker GUI. The new font size should now be displayed by the GUI.