# Font too dark in dark theme properties window

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/font-too-dark-in-dark-theme-properties-window/201254>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Tags:** windows, rhino8\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/font-too-dark-in-dark-theme-properties-window/201254 "2025-03-13T07:21:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![daniel.kowollik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/daniel.kowollik/32/632629_2.png) [@daniel.kowollik](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/daniel.kowollik)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/font-too-dark-in-dark-theme-properties-window/201254/1 "2025-03-13T07:21:22Z")

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Hi @dale,  
I am on Windows 10 using Rhino 8 SR17 and I switched to system wide dark theme. I can barely see the headlines in the document properties window on the left side, see below:

 ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/a/5/5/a55fa83d2ef285dd2281de0b9c93ea617837092a.png)  
Is it possible to change this?

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**Author:** ![wim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/wim/32/747482_2.png) [@wim](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/wim)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/font-too-dark-in-dark-theme-properties-window/201254/2 "2025-03-13T14:23:31Z")

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Hi Daniel -

> [@daniel.kowollik](#):
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> Is it possible to change this?

It’s not supposed to look like that.

> [@Some text does not change color in dark mode](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/some-text-does-not-change-color-in-dark-mode/201123/4):
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> Takker, Erling. On my system, that part of the dialog looks like this: I’d try toggling to “Light” in Rhino Options -\> Appearance -\> Colors and perhaps restarting Rhino before toggling back to “Dark”. If that doesn’t do it, you could try the Reset command. -wim

If that doesn’t help, please post your `SystemInfo` data.  
-wim

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**Author:** ![daniel.kowollik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/daniel.kowollik/32/632629_2.png) [@daniel.kowollik](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/daniel.kowollik)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/font-too-dark-in-dark-theme-properties-window/201254/3 "2025-03-14T07:53:46Z")

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Hi @wim,  
thank you for your answer. The setting was custom, because I am usually using a different background color. Switching between light and dark on system level changes many colors even it is on custom in Rhino, but it does not change all colors that are necessary to properly display text.