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Winamp 5 - Visual Tweaks

Use Your Own Playlist Font

SUMMARY: Download a Winamp skin that looks great, but the font used for the playlist makes things hard to read? Override your Winamp skin's playlist font to that of your choosing.

Normally, your playlist's font is determined by the current Winamp skin. The Modern and Classic skins have their own fonts, and so do most skins downloadable over the Internet. However, you do have the option of overriding this font to view the playlist in a way that may be easier on your eyes.

1. Right-click on the Winamp 5 title bar.
2. Choose "Options", then "Preferences".
3. When the "Preferences" dialog box appears, click "General Preferences".
4. Click "Playlist".
5. In the right pane, uncheck "Use skin or language pack font"
6. Next to the "Use font" pull-down, choose your desired font from the ones provided.
7. Click "Close" to close the dialog box.

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