Font size

[au76666]

My emacs has just updated itself and now the font is
too small for my old eyes. I used to know how to adjust
the font size but have forgotten. How is it done please?

Also every time I enter emacs, it offers me a tutorial,
which I don't need or want. I click on "Dismiss.." but
it keeps coming back. How do I dismiss it permanently?

[N. Jackson]

My emacs has just updated itself and now the font is too small for
my old eyes. I used to know how to adjust the font size but have
forgotten. How is it done please?

One way to do it is `M-x menu-set-font' or, using the menus

Options > Set Default Font...

and set the size at the bottom of the dialog.

Also every time I enter emacs, it offers me a tutorial, which I
don't need or want. I click on "Dismiss.." but it keeps coming
back. How do I dismiss it permanently?

If this offer of the tutorial is the one on the "About GNU Emacs"
startup screen, you can disable it by Customizing
`inhibit-startup-screen' or add `(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)' to
you init file.

If there is an explicit offer of a tutorial, it sounds like you are
using a non-standard distribution of Emacs (or perhaps a version I
have never seen (or have forgotten)). In this case, I suggest you
check the documentation for the distribution.

[au76666]

Post by N. Jackson

My emacs has just updated itself and now the font is too small for my
old eyes. I used to know how to adjust the font size but have
forgotten. How is it done please?

One way to do it is `M-x menu-set-font' or, using the menus
Options > Set Default Font...
and set the size at the bottom of the dialog.

I seem to remember there was a CTRL-<something> command that gave
me fonts and their sizes. But OK, thanks.

[N. Jackson]

Post by au76666
I seem to remember there was a CTRL-<something> command that gave
me fonts and their sizes. But OK, thanks.

Yes, that's `text-scale-adjust':

C-x C-+ or C-x C-= scale default font in the window to increase size.

C-x C-- scale default font in the window to decrease size.

C-x C-0 reset scaling of default font in the window to
the global default.