Yeah, I did wonder that, too.   On openstack (mainstack ) I set the font to 
Arial.  I will double check just in case I have contradicted that somewhere 
else, but I don’t think that is it.

Cheers,

David G

> On 19 Jun 2019, at 4:09 pm, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I wonder what the default font for the stack is? I know new fields will 
> "inherit" the font of the stack. Perhaps dialogs do too. When I look at one 
> of my stacks, the stack font is, "System Font Regular". If the font for the 
> stack was set to a font that only exists on the MacOS, Windows will attempt 
> to substitute for a near match, which usually does not end well. 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Jun 19, 2019, at 08:02 , David V Glasgow via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, folks.
>> 
>> Having returned to work on an old stack I have found that whereas standalone 
>> answer dialogs look fine on Mac, on Windows (10) the text (eg. “Do you 
>> really want to quit?”) is so small it is barely legible.  (Building on Mac 
>> 10.12 and 10.13)
>> 
>> I set the font to Arial, so although I would expect some font difference, 
>> there won’t be  problem with missing font.  I also built standalones with LC 
>> 7.x and 8.x, because I seem to remember that fonts changed in some way in 
>> LC8.  No obvious difference between them, and no improvement.
>> 
>> Before I resort to setting font size via HTML in script for each dialog in 
>> turn, any suggestions for a  global fix?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Best Wishes,
>> David Glasgow
>> Consultant Forensic & Clinical Psychologist
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