Customizing the COMSOL Desktop > Customizing a Model > Changing Fonts and the Desktop Language

Changing Fonts and the Desktop Language
COMSOL uses a default font for texts in plots such as axis labels and titles. It might be necessary to use another default font to display non-Latin characters such as Chinese and Japanese characters. You can also change the Desktop language. You can make these changes using The Preferences Dialog Box.
Changing the Font for Plot Labels and Titles
The Font option is for the text that displays for plots in the Graphics window. The change is applied when you create a new model. You can also change the setting used for an existing model from the root node’s Settings window’s Font in Graphics section. In the Preferences dialog box, click Graphics and Plot Windows.
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Under Default font in new applications, select a font Family from the list and enter a font Size (in points). The default is to use a predefined default font with a font Size of 9 points. Depending on the operating system and the installed fonts on the computer, you can select from a number of other font families.
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Click OK. The program stores the specified font family and size as a preference setting, so you only have to change it once.
Changing the COMSOL Desktop Language
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In the Preferences dialog box, click General.
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Select an available Language for the graphical user interface (GUI). The following languages are available: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
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Click OK. A message displays indicating that COMSOL must be restarted for the changes to take effect. Click OK again, exit and re-open COMSOL to display the GUI in the selected language.