Pycharm 2019.1 won't save custom font size

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Hello,

I just noticed a bug with the latest version of Pycharm, in "Appearance & Behavior > Appearance" the IDE doesn't save the custom font size on restart. It does save the font type if I change it tho. So each time I have to change it back. I think it's not just Pycharm which is affected by this bug but other 2019.1 version of the other Jetbrains IDEs too.

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Hi!

What is your OS?
I was able to reproduce it on Mac OS and Linux https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-1312

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Hello,

I'm running Arch Linux (Manjaro)

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Hi,

I am also having this issue with IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1.1 (Ultimate Edition). The font size configured in Appearance & Behavior > Appearance keeps on changing back to its old value every time I restart IntelliJ.

But there is also a fix for IntelliJ. If you go to ~/.IntelliJIdea2019.1/config/options/ui.lnf.xml you can manually change the property yourself:

<option name="FONT_SIZE" value="16" />

Maybe this works for you too.

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Hello Liviu,

I was wondering myself where the font size was stored. Your tip worked for me. Thanks a lot!

Indeed, the only difference is that for PyCharm the relevant file is located here: ~/.PyCharmCE2019.1/config/options/ui.lnf.xml

 

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Hi! Changing the FONT_SIZE in ~/.PyCharmCE2019.1/config/options/ui.lnf.xml had unfortunately no effect on my machine (Ubuntu 18.04.2, PyCharm installed via Snap Store).

Edit: Resolved when turning "Use custom font" button in Appearance settings on. Now the font size specified in ui.Inf.xml is used by UI eventually.

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Same remark with Pycharm 2019.1 installed via the Jetbrains toolbox, changing ~/.PyCharmCE2019.1/config/options/ui.lnf.xml  didn't have any effects.

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Here's some related tickets for tracking purposes:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-35373

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-34851

Please try enabling custom fonts, as @Datadonk23 mention above.

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Same here, fontsize does not get saved with IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2019.2 on Ubuntu 19.04 and custom font (Go).

Changing ui.Inf.xml did help :-) Thanks Liviu!

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Same here, IntelliJ IDEA Community 2019.2 on Ubuntu 18.04

Idea didn't recognize ui.lnf.xml file. I've imported settings from old idea version, looks like they were incompatible with 2019.2. I had to delete this xml file and then set up font again. File was created again, with different format, and now it works!

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Same here on Windows 10, IntelliJ IDEA Community 2020.1. I did what Pasharik suggested and it worked. File was located here: %userprofile%/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/IdeaIC2020.1/options

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