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| Started by | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| First post | 2016-09-12 15:00 +0200 |
| Last post | 2016-09-13 12:20 +0200 |
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How to change size of system font(s)? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-12 15:00 +0200
Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-12 15:10 +0200
Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-12 16:00 +0200
Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 15:50 +0200
Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-13 12:20 +0200
| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| Date | 2016-09-12 15:00 +0200 |
| Subject | How to change size of system font(s)? |
| Message-ID | <sgz06-3qM-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
The default font in Squeeze(Gnome2) and Jessie(Mate) is too small! Gedit and Pluma allow changing from default size of "10"[units not specified]. I find setting to 14 or larger much more legible on my laptop. Other programs, e.g. Synaptic, give no option to chose an acceptable font size. Is there any way to force a minimum font size system wide? Can it be preseeded on installation? TIA
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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-09-12 15:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sgz9M-3JB-57@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #172083 |
On Monday 12 September 2016 13:52:26 Richard Owlett wrote: > The default font in Squeeze(Gnome2) and Jessie(Mate) is too small! > Gedit and Pluma allow changing from default size of "10"[units > not specified]. I find setting to 14 or larger much more legible > on my laptop. > > Other programs, e.g. Synaptic, give no option to chose an > acceptable font size. > > Is there any way to force a minimum font size system wide? > Can it be preseeded on installation? It is usually settable in the DE, it certainly is in TDE, and then it can be set for the VT. Some applications, e.g. Google-Chrome, ignore the system settings and have to be set individually. 10 is the point size. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography) Lisi
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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| Date | 2016-09-12 16:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sgzWa-41n-43@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #172084 |
On 9/12/2016 8:07 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 12 September 2016 13:52:26 Richard Owlett wrote: >> The default font in Squeeze(Gnome2) and Jessie(Mate) is too small! >> Gedit and Pluma allow changing from default size of "10"[units >> not specified]. I find setting to 14 or larger much more legible >> on my laptop. >> >> Other programs, e.g. Synaptic, give no option to chose an >> acceptable font size. >> >> Is there any way to force a minimum font size system wide? >> Can it be preseeded on installation? > > It is usually settable in the DE, DUHH [with implied head slap ;] Thought I had looked. If I had I didn't remember. > it certainly is in TDE, and then it can be > set for the VT. Some applications, e.g. Google-Chrome, ignore the system > settings and have to be set individually. > > 10 is the point size. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography) > > Lisi > >
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| From | Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2016-09-12 15:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sgzMt-3XR-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #172083 |
On Mon 12 Sep 2016 at 07:52:26 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > The default font in Squeeze(Gnome2) and Jessie(Mate) is too small! > Gedit and Pluma allow changing from default size of "10"[units not > specified]. I find setting to 14 or larger much more legible on my laptop. > > Other programs, e.g. Synaptic, give no option to chose an acceptable font > size. > > Is there any way to force a minimum font size system wide? >From memory you have to put something in a .gtkrc file. A seach for "gtkrc font" at https://lists.debian.org/search.html could lead you somewhere. Here is an example post: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/07/msg00047.html > Can it be preseeded on installation? Use a late_command to copy a working file somewhere; $HOME? /etc? -- Brian.
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| From | Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> |
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| Date | 2016-09-13 12:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sgSYO-tp-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #172083 |
Richard Owlett composed on 2016-09-12 07:52 (UTC-0500): > The default font in Squeeze(Gnome2) and Jessie(Mate) is too small! > Gedit and Pluma allow changing from default size of "10"[units > not specified]. I find setting to 14 or larger much more legible > on my laptop. Note that DEs, document creation and editing apps (e.g. LibreOffice), and sizes for printing are almost without exception sized in units called points, appreviated as pt. In printing, pt units are an unambiguous physical size. On computer screens in most contexts they are a logical size. The primary context where the size of a pt is most ambiguous is WRT text within a modern web browser viewport, where a pt equates to a px unit, a size measured in degrees rather than height and width. When Xorg is configured so that its logical pixel density matches the screen's physical pixel density, then the pt unit becomes a physical size that matches the size printed. Configuring Xorg to a particular density involves use of xrandr in a startup script, or DisplaySize within /etc/X11/xorg.con*. For Gnome/GTK apps to obey a particular DPI may require employing the Xft.dpi ENVAR. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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