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SQLDeveloper Fonts
I like Oracle’s sqldeveloper. It does a nice job and is free. So if someone has to learn Oralce or is working on Oracle DB as a hobbh, investing in Quest’s PlSQL Developer or Toad does not make sense, even if they provide a lot more functionality than Oracle’s SQL Developer.
What I do not like in SQL developer is its look and feel and fonts in it, which look so ugly. You can change the theme of developer to windows in windows which makes a bit better. But, in Linux there’s no choice. You have to work with Oracle theme.
Here is how I made it look a bit better for me.
Modify sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper/bin/sqldeveloper.conf to add below line:
Here is a before and after snapshot of my SQLDeveloper.
Oracle SQLDeveloper before changes
Oracle SQLDeveloper After changes
And, here is my sqldeveloper.conf after changes:
What I do not like in SQL developer is its look and feel and fonts in it, which look so ugly. You can change the theme of developer to windows in windows which makes a bit better. But, in Linux there’s no choice. You have to work with Oracle theme.
Here is how I made it look a bit better for me.
Modify sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper/bin/sqldeveloper.conf to add below line:
AddVMOption -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on AddVMOption -Dswing.aatext=true AddVMOption -Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont="Droid Sans-13" AddVMOption -Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont="Droid Sans-13" AddVMOption -Dswing.plaf.metal.systemFont="Droid Sans-13"Instead of “Droid Sans” you can use and test whatever font you like.
Here is a before and after snapshot of my SQLDeveloper.
And, here is my sqldeveloper.conf after changes:
IncludeConfFile ../../ide/bin/ide.conf SetJavaHome ../../jdk AddVMOption -Doracle.ide.util.AddinPolicyUtils.OVERRIDE_FLAG=true AddVMOption -Dsun.java2d.ddoffscreen=false AddVMOption -Dwindows.shell.font.languages= AddVMOption -XX:MaxPermSize=256M AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.mapDateToTimestamp=false AddVMOption -Doracle.ide.startup.features=sqldeveloper AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.autoCommitSpecCompliant=false #Our location for the NLS jars AddJavaLibFile ../../jlib/orai18n-collation.jar AddJavaLibFile ../../jlib/orai18n-mapping.jar AddJavaLibFile ../../jlib/orai18n-servlet.jar AddJavaLibFile ../../jlib/orai18n-utility.jar AddJavaLibFile ../../jlib/orai18n.jar IncludeConfFile sqldeveloper-nondebug.conf AddVMOption -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on AddVMOption -Dswing.aatext=true AddVMOption -Dswing.plaf.metal.controlFont="Droid Sans-13" AddVMOption -Dswing.plaf.metal.userFont="Droid Sans-13" AddVMOption -Dswing.plaf.metal.systemFont="Droid Sans-13"