# CCA: Custom visialization

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670>\
**Category:** Module Support\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670 "2014-03-07T10:48:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tomek](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tomek](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/Tomek)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670/1 "2014-03-07T10:48:33Z")

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Hello,  
I recently downloaded Vassal and the modules for Comamnd and Colors:Ancients. However all text is terribly small and very demanding on the eyes. I couldn’t find any option for increasing the fonts, icluding the Help information.  
Another issue is that the board map and the counters can’t be increased as much as I would like but I guess that the reason for that is the copyright of the game.  
Please, advise me how to enlarge the ‘operational part’ of the module - Help info, on-going info., right-click options for activation of units, etc.

Tomek

p.s. I love the game but not so much as to damage my eyes

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**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670/2 "2014-03-07T14:48:50Z")

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Thus spake Tomek:

> Hello,  
> I recently downloaded Vassal and the modules for Comamnd and  
> Colors:Ancients. However all text is terribly small and very demanding  
> on the eyes. I couldn’t find any option for increasing the fonts,  
> icluding the Help information.  
> Another issue is that the board map and the counters can’t be increased  
> as much as I would like but I guess that the reason for that is the  
> copyright of the game.  
> Please, advise me how to enlarge the ‘operational part’ of the module -  
> Help info, on-going info., right-click options for activation of units,  
> etc.

Both issues can be addressed by zooming in further. Look for the  
magnifying glass icons in the toolbar.

–  
J.

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**Author:** ![Tomek](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tomek](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/Tomek)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670/3 "2014-03-07T15:05:45Z")

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Thanks but I have the impression that the zooming through the magnifying glass icon is aplicable only to the map and the cards. It doesn’t have effect on the text fields.

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**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670/4 "2014-03-07T15:30:59Z")

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Thus spake Tomek:

> Thanks but I have the impression that the zooming through the magnifying  
> glass icon is aplicable only to the map and the cards. It doesn’t have  
> effect on the text fields.

To which text fields are you referring?

–  
J.

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**Author:** ![Tomek](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tomek](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/Tomek)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670/5 "2014-03-07T19:10:10Z")

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The multi colour operational text field and the action-options of the units. The C&C Users guide as well.

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**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/cca-custom-visialization/6670/6 "2014-03-09T13:41:15Z")

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Thus spake Tomek:

> The multi colour operational text field and the action-options of the  
> units. The C&C Users guide as well.

For the context menus, what you’re seeing is Java’s default “Dialog”  
font. We’ve been using that in context menus pretty much forever. We  
could change it to use the font set by the LookAndFeel for context  
menus—but yours is the first complaint I recall seeing about this in  
8 years, and changing this now could affect modules which were depending  
on the font being small. I need to get people’s opinions before making  
this change.

Documentation will be displayed differently in VASSAL 4, so what you’re  
seeing with the module user’s guide will stop being a problem then.

–  
J.
