How Can I Change Colors: Background & Font?

Greetings, I just bought into Logos again, after not having used it for a long time.

I cannot find any way to change the colors. I prefer not to stare at a white screen, as it bothers the eyes. I like black background with green letters/words/font on black background. But I can't find any alternative except grey.

Can someone help me with this?

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Floyd Johnson

This has been asked for before, but is not available in LOGOS. Something I have wished for many times. There is a way to have a sepia background, or white on black text, but it is not much.

Everett Headley

You can change the default font in Logos: Under Tools/Program Settings, click on Default Font and select whatever font you want. Or if you type into the command line :

Set Default Font to {Font Name}

Also you can change the resource panel color under settings.

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Can someone help me with this?

Welcome [:D]

OS X has an Accessibility System Preference to Invert Colors that works with Logos => http://osxdaily.com/2012/09/10/invert-mac-screen-os-x-mountain-lion/

Wiki has => http://wiki.logos.com/Night_Mode so an option for Windows is using Magnifier inverted color side by side with Logos. Caveat: navigating Logos is still done on white background: reducing display brightness does reduce glare from white background.

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DMB

For anyone that's on the Windows 7 side and doesn't want to use the Magnifier glass approach (see KS4J's Wiki page above):

-Go to Aero, then set the window background to black (or whatever color; dark). This reverses the background in Logos but not the font.

- Go to Windows Accessibility and enable High Contrast (usually with a alt-leftShift-PrtScr). This reverses the font color in Logos.

- Then re-start Logos with the page color in Logos set to Windows default. The system windows in Logos are hardcoded white (library below).

This is only suggested if you want your whole PC to operate this way (versus the magnifying glass approach).

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Then re-start Logos with the page color in Logos set to Windows default.

Alternative to restart is changing Resource Panel Background in Program settings.

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DMB

Yes ... forgot to mention switching to Aero and changing the background crashes Logos. So you get a restart for free.

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Please comment on thread => User Voice Suggestion ? Themes with Color/Colour ? since planning to create a Logos User Voice Suggestion soon.

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Floyd Johnson

Please comment on thread => User Voice Suggestion ? Themes with Color/Colour ? since planning to create a Logos User Voice Suggestion soon.

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Check out this already UserVoice suggestion:

https://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-5/suggestions/1052509-allow-each-pane-to-have-an-individual-background-c

EnochBethany

Yes, on my MacBook, I can invert black & white. I don't know what it does to the other colors. I think I have never used that feature because then I need to change it back, and it may do something weird on the side. I really don't want white on black, but maybe that would be better. As I recall the keyboard short cut was to push down 3 keys at the same time, like Command, Alt, Control -- not sure which 3 now.

When Logos does get around to fixing this color scheme choice thing, I hope it will be comprehensive and not like Accordance. On Accordance you can choose color schemes, like green on black, but you still have an Instant Details box with its glaring white background.

EnochBethany

BTW, I have bought green glasses to help the problem some. This is like the Wizard of Oz solution on entering the Emerald City.

EnochBethany

With a Mac using Mavericks, to invert colors by keyboard shortcut, you have to go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Accessibility, then check the box for Invert Colors. After you do that, then you can use this shortcut to invert colors:

Control-Alt-Command-8.

That is, depress the 3 together (Control, Alt, & Command). Then while holding them down, push down 8.

Paul C

BTW, I have bought green glasses to help the problem some. This is like the Wizard of Oz solution on entering the Emerald City.

When you have time, Research Scotopic Sensitivity. There are colored overlays for printed materials. Possibly someone offers a film for monitors. That option might be preferable to welding glasses. [:P]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotopic_sensitivity_syndrome

Bill Hier

I wanted to resurrect this old thread, and ask if the same perimeters still applied to Logos 9 and/or 10. I would really like to change the background color of the application so that it isn't that glaring white - it wouldn't be bad to be able to change the background color of the various books which are open, along with their font colors, too.

xnman

I agree with changing colors... but would carry it a bit further... I would like to be able to change the heading menu bar of each section. For example, say I have 4 books open in a quadrant set up on my screen. I would like to change the background color of the menu bar for each individual quadrant. The way they are, the "quadrants" seem to run together.

Bill Hier

I completely agree with you - the quadrants DO run together.

GregW

I would really like to change the background color of the application so that it isn't that glaring white - it wouldn't be bad to be able to change the background color of the various books which are open, along with their font colors, too.

You can change the background colour of resources in Program Settings > Accessibility > Resource Panel Background. This changes the background universally, and can't be used on a per-resource basis.

The System theme (Program Settings > Theme) doesn't have a fglaring white background.

Bill Hier

Thank you very much!

Erin Zonio

Changing the background to dark does get rid of the glaring white, but the hyperlinks turn blue... which does not offer enough contrast for me to see clearly. The ability to change font colors would go a long way in making Logos more accessible for those of us with visual impairment. As it is, I am getting headaches now trying to use Logos for my PhD program... and I need to be able to use Logos for my program! Doing all the other workarounds costs too much time and undoes all the modifications I've made to other areas on my computer that make it possible for me to use my computer.