Installation and Operations Guide > User Environment > 4.2 UNIX Application Resources and Fonts
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4.2 UNIX Application Resources and Fonts
Important:  
The following information on font and color settings applies only to UNIX installations. Patran on Windows uses settings as per Control Panel\Display\Settings\Advanced.
Patran uses application resources files (listed in Table 4‑2) to define the required set of X resources. These resources include an optimal color scheme, default window locations and appropriate font sizes. The Patran DVD-ROM provides these resource files, and automatically places them under the $P3_HOME/app-defaults directory when you execute the mscsetup program.
Table 4‑2
Patran Application or Module
Application Resource File1
Analysis Manager
P3Mgr
Fatigue
P3fatigue
Patran
Patran
1 All Patran application resource files are located under the directory, $P3_HOME/app-defaults but can be placed in a user’s home directory for customization.

Changing Patran Form Fonts
The following procedure changes the fonts used in Patran forms.
1. Select an available font. Use the xlsfonts utility to list the available fonts.
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2. Modify the Patran application resources file (see UNIX Application Resources and Fonts, 61 above) uncommenting and editing the following line:
Patran*mainFont: <menus, forms, etc. font>
Patran*textFont: <text box font>
Patran*spreadFont: <spreadsheet font>
For example:
Patran*mainFont: 8x16
Patran*textFont: helvr12
Patran*spreadFont: 8x16
Alternatively, fonts can be specified at the command line using the -fn, -tfn, and -sfn options. See Command Line Arguments, 70 for additional information.
3. Restart Patran.