# Reduce the boldness of Fortran keywords in Geany **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 2, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444 "2022-10-02T05:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fortran4r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de0a6/32.png) [@fortran4r](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/fortran4r)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444/1 "2022-10-02T05:55:32Z")
Does anyone know how to reduce the boldness of Fortran keywords in Geany? ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444/2 "2022-10-03T13:36:09Z")
Hey. I don’t use Geany, but I managed to find this > ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444/3 "2022-10-03T13:37:13Z")
I would however recommend using Doom Emacs (highly customizable) + vterm (a terminal within emacs) as an IDE. ---
**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444/4 "2022-10-03T15:07:27Z")
Boldness is a property of the font used by the editor. You will have to try other fonts. ---
**Author:** ![gnikit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/gnikit/32/1213_2.png) [@gnikit](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/gnikit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444/5 "2022-10-03T17:01:30Z")
> [@Aurelius\_Nero](#): > > would however recommend using Doom Emacs (highly customizable) + vterm (a terminal within emacs) as an IDE. I think going from Geany to Doom Emacs is a substantial change of a dev environment, with a noticeably steep learning curve. Selection of editors in general is highly subjective as seen from our developer polls. @fortran4r There might not be much you can do with regards to font boldness as @vmagnin pointed out. Here is one of the few GitHub issues that talks about font boldness in Geany [Editor font is always bold · Issue #2382 · geany/geany · GitHub](https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/2382) I hope you are able to somehow ameliorate your issue, but if not have a look at the lists of code editors and IDEs listed in Fortran-lang to find a suitable replacement that fits your needs: > **[Text Editors — Fortran Programming Language](https://fortran-lang.org/en/learn/os_setup/text_editors/)** > > Fortran : High-performance parallel programming language > **[IDEs — Fortran Programming Language](https://fortran-lang.org/en/learn/os_setup/ides/)** > > Fortran : High-performance parallel programming language PS **If** you choose to change your editor refrain from using Atom, since it has reached End Of Life Status. ---
**Author:** ![Aurelius\_Nero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Aurelius\_Nero](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Aurelius_Nero)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/reduce-the-boldness-of-fortran-keywords-in-geany/4444/6 "2022-10-03T17:08:15Z")
If I did it, in about maybe a month with good amount of time dedicated to it. I think he/she wouldn’t have a problem. 🙂