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  Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-02-02 00:40 +0100
    Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> - 2016-02-02 01:20 +0100
      Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-02-02 01:40 +0100
        Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 02:50 +0100
      Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Bob Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> - 2016-02-02 19:30 +0100
        Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-02-02 19:40 +0100
        Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> - 2016-02-02 20:00 +0100
          Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> - 2016-02-02 20:00 +0100
    Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Andreas Weber <aendu@worldwideweber.ch> - 2016-02-02 20:10 +0100
      Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-02-02 21:10 +0100
        Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-02-02 23:20 +0100
          Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Andreas Weber <aendu@worldwideweber.ch> - 2016-02-03 21:20 +0100
            Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-02-03 22:00 +0100
              Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-02-04 01:20 +0100
                Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-02-04 05:30 +0100
                  Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-02-04 05:40 +0100
              Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Andreas Weber <aendu@worldwideweber.ch> - 2016-02-04 22:10 +0100
    Re: Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-02-02 23:40 +0100

#163805 — Font size for Iceweasel's menus, bookmark bar, etc

amd64 Jessie running icewm here w/o systemd.

I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how 
do I do that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?


(By my count this is Big Dummy Question #3,745 for Debian 
lists.)
-- 
Bob Bernstein

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#163806

Bob Bernstein wrote:
> amd64 Jessie running icewm here w/o systemd.
> 
> I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how 
> do I do that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?

That is a GTK2 setting.  Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
it should contain a line like this:

gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"

I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.

> (By my count this is Big Dummy Question #3,745 for Debian lists.)

Well, it certainly is not immediately obvious.

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#163807

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Siard wrote:

> That is a GTK2 setting.  Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
> it should contain a line like this:

> gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"

> I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.

Excellent!

>> (By my count this is Big Dummy Question #3,745 for Debian lists.)
>
> Well, it certainly is not immediately obvious.

Thank you. (I meant to say, "...this is _my_ Big Dummy Question 
#3,745..." I like to say this because I know there are 
subscribers whose fear of appearing dumb keeps them from 
posting. Mine doesn't!)

:-)

-- 
Bob Bernstein

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#163808

On Tuesday 02 February 2016 00:34:15 Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Siard wrote:
> > That is a GTK2 setting.  Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
> > it should contain a line like this:
> >
> > gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
> >
> > I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.
>
> Excellent!
>
> >> (By my count this is Big Dummy Question #3,745 for Debian lists.)
> >
> > Well, it certainly is not immediately obvious.
>
> Thank you. (I meant to say, "...this is _my_ Big Dummy Question
> #3,745..." I like to say this because I know there are
> subscribers whose fear of appearing dumb keeps them from
> posting. Mine doesn't!)
>
> :-)

:-)  "There are no dumb questions.  Only dumb answers."

Lisi

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#163827

On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 01:16:35AM +0100, Siard wrote:
> Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > amd64 Jessie running icewm here w/o systemd.
> > 
> > I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how 
> > do I do that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?
> 
> That is a GTK2 setting.  Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
> it should contain a line like this:
> 
> gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
> 
> I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.

That would be great if only I had that file in my Jessie install.
Running locate on this comes up w/ nothing. Any help?

-- 
Bob Holtzman
A man is a man who will fight with a sword or
conquer Mt. Everest in snow. But the bravest of all
owns a '34 Ford and tries for six thousand in low.

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#163828

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Bob Holtzman [2016-02-02 11:28:22-07] wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 01:16:35AM +0100, Siard wrote:
>> That is a GTK2 setting. Font and font size can be set in
>> ~/.gtkrc-2.0, it should contain a line like this:
>> 
>> gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
>
> That would be great if only I had that file in my Jessie install.
> Running locate on this comes up w/ nothing. Any help?

You can just create it with that content. Another way is to install
lxappearance, a small configuration utility for LXDE desktop.

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#163829

Bob Holtzman:
> Siard: 
> > That is a GTK2 setting.  Font and font size can be set in
> > ~/.gtkrc-2.0, it should contain a line like this:
> > 
> > gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
> > 
> > I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.
> 
> That would be great if only I had that file in my Jessie install.
> Running locate on this comes up w/ nothing. Any help?

Should have mentioned that: install package fonts-liberation.

After having tried several fonts, this became my preferred standard
font for dialogs etc., although it was not designed for this purpose.
This is what it looks like: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/liberation.png

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#163830

Siard:
> Bob Holtzman:
> > Siard: 
> > > That is a GTK2 setting.  Font and font size can be set in
> > > ~/.gtkrc-2.0, it should contain a line like this:
> > > 
> > > gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
> > > 
> > > I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.
> > 
> > That would be great if only I had that file in my Jessie install.
> > Running locate on this comes up w/ nothing. Any help?
> 
> Should have mentioned that: install package fonts-liberation.
> 
> After having tried several fonts, this became my preferred standard
> font for dialogs etc., although it was not designed for this purpose.
> This is what it looks like: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/liberation.png

Oh, wait: you mean ~/.gtkrc-2.0.  You can simply create it.
A couple of other lines you can put in there, though I haven't found
out yet what they all mean:

gtk-can-change-accels = 1
gtk-font-name = "Liberation Sans 11"
gtk-theme-name="Simple-Green"
gtk-icon-theme-name="hicolor"
gtk-font-name="Sans 17"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=0
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH
gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images=1
gtk-menu-images=1
gtk-enable-event-sounds=1
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=1
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle="hintslight"
gtk-xft-rgba="rgb"

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#163831

On 2016-02-02 00:37, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how do I do
> that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/

is maybe what you've been looking for.

HTH, ändu

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#163833

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Andreas Weber wrote:

> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/

> is maybe what you've been looking for.

Iirc, that changes fonts only in the displayed page, not in the 
menus, dialogs, etc.

Best,

-- 
Bob Bernstein

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On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:07:15 -0500 (EST)
Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> wrote:

Hello Bob,

>Iirc, that changes fonts only in the displayed page, not in the 
>menus, dialogs, etc.

A quick click on the link suggests that your memory isn't correct.

However, the Mozilla site tells me it's not compatible with my OS which
is odd, given that it's being suggested for a Debian GNU/Linux user.

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        / _)rad        never immediately apparent"
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#163859

On 2016-02-02 23:11, Brad Rogers wrote:
>> Iirc, that changes fonts only in the displayed page, not in the 
>> menus, dialogs, etc.

Not true. It does exactly what you need, everywhere.

> However, the Mozilla site tells me it's not compatible with my OS
> which is odd, given that it's being suggested for a Debian
> GNU/Linux user.

I've been using it for years and still am without the slightest problem.
Testing here, so quite up-to-date versions of everything. Just try it.

HTH, ändu

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On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 21:13:43 +0100
Andreas Weber <aendu@worldwideweber.ch> wrote:

Hello Andreas,

>On 2016-02-02 23:11, Brad Rogers wrote:
>>> Iirc, that changes fonts only in the displayed page, not in the 
>>> menus, dialogs, etc.  
>Not true. It does exactly what you need, everywhere.

Please be more careful with your trimming/attributions;  The comment
you're responding to there was not written by me.  Admittedly, the
number of quote markers is an indication of that fact, but even so...

>I've been using it for years and still am without the slightest problem.
>Testing here, so quite up-to-date versions of everything. Just try it.

The d/l link is greyed out, and clicking it repeats the OS warning and
asks me if I wish to d/l for either Mac OS or Windows OS.  Not that I
have a need to try the extension in any case, as I can read the menus
well enough.

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        / _)rad        never immediately apparent"
I'll tell you something, I think that you should know
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#163864

On Wednesday 03 February 2016 20:56:56 Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 21:13:43 +0100
> Andreas Weber <aendu@worldwideweber.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello Andreas,
>
> >On 2016-02-02 23:11, Brad Rogers wrote:
> >>> Iirc, that changes fonts only in the displayed page, not in the
> >>> menus, dialogs, etc.
> >
> >Not true. It does exactly what you need, everywhere.
>
> Please be more careful with your trimming/attributions;  The comment
> you're responding to there was not written by me.  Admittedly, the
> number of quote markers is an indication of that fact, but even so...
>
> >I've been using it for years and still am without the slightest problem.
> >Testing here, so quite up-to-date versions of everything. Just try it.
>
> The d/l link is greyed out, and clicking it repeats the OS warning and
> asks me if I wish to d/l for either Mac OS or Windows OS.  Not that I
> have a need to try the extension in any case, as I can read the menus
> well enough.

Out of interest, I just tried to download it.  I got: "Not available for your 
platform".  In red letters in case I missed it.  I clicked on "Download 
Anyway", but it wouldn't.  It just sat there still saying: "Not available for 
your platform".  Wheezy with some backports fully updated.

Lisi

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#163866

On Thu, 4 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:

Yes. I have in place what I believe is a different add-on, 
titled "Font Size." As noted, it only changes fonts in the page 
itself, not in menus, etc. It works quite nicely, i.e. as 
advertised.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/font-size/


-- 
Bob Bernstein

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#163867

Sorry about the apparent attribution to Lisi in my last post. 
Even though the crowsfeet ('>') were absent from the post, it 
must be adjudged wrong by any decent standard.

Can I have a last cigarette before disposition of sentence? It's 
been over fifteen years now.

-- 
Bob Bernstein

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#163874

On 2016-02-03 21:56, Brad Rogers wrote:
> The d/l link is greyed out, and clicking it repeats the OS warning
>  and asks me if I wish to d/l for either Mac OS or Windows OS.  Not
>  that I have a need to try the extension in any case, as I can read
>  the menus well enough.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/versions/

=> 43.10 download pops-up when you do the mouse over.

HTH, ändu

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#163836

Bob Bernstein composed on 2016-02-01 18:37 (UTC-0500):

> amd64 Jessie running icewm here w/o systemd.

> I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how 
> do I do that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?

Traditional upstream method applicable regardless of distro or DE, though
shouldn't be necessary if your DE is Gnome or otherwise based on GTK:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pane_and_menu_fonts
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