Settings to Customize the TUI Simulation Font

The default TUI Simulation font is "courier new bold" size 10. This font can be explicitly set with the following registry settings:

TUI Simulation font=Courier
TUI Simulation fontsize=8

A font can be bolded by adding the case sensitive keyword Bold to the fontname, as shown in the following examples:

TUI Simulation font=Courier Bold

or

TUI Simulation font=Bold Courier

The simulation font is used for all controls.

The FixedSys font is used by TUI applications on Microsoft Windows. It can be set to be the font used to simulate text applications. However it usually comes in only one size so that all controls use the same size font. This restriction can  result in it being clipped in comboboxes and pushbuttons.

User Interface Enhancements

3-Dimensional User Interface

Zim 5.4 widgets take on the 3-dimensional chiseled look.

Existing Zim 5.x applications, by default, take on the 3D appearance. The 3D appearance can be turned off with the 3D registry variable.

3D ZIM.INI Variable

The 3D variable should be placed in the [ZIM] section of the registry. Its values are described below:

Value

Comments

0

Turn off 3D look for entire application.

1

The default. Turn on 3D appearance, unless widget explicitly created without 3D border.

2

Turn on 3D appearance, unless widget explicitly created without 3D border; Window and widget background colors inherit the 3D color with the exception of entryfields, list and combo boxes which inherit from window color. This setting works well with pre 5.4 graphical applications.