[gentoo-user] Changing the font size in X

[gentoo-user] Changing the font size in X

[Vlad Dogaru]

Hello,

I find that fonts are too small for my 15" monitor, causing eye strain
and misunderstandings. How can I change font size globally? I
apologise if this question is too basic, but Google strangely did not
provide this time.

Thanks,
Vlad

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Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the font size in X

[Jürgen Geuter]

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On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 16:08 +0200, Vlad Dogaru wrote:

> I find that fonts are too small for my 15" monitor, causing eye strain
> and misunderstandings. How can I change font size globally? I
> apologise if this question is too basic, but Google strangely did not
> provide this time.

You might want to check/change your DPI settings (compare
http://scanline.ca/dpi/).

Jürgen
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Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the font size in X

[gregory.sacre]

Vlad Dogaru (ddvlad@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I find that fonts are too small for my 15" monitor, causing eye strain
> and misunderstandings. How can I change font size globally? I
> apologise if this question is too basic, but Google strangely did not
> provide this time.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vlad
> 
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Well, that depends on what kind of desktop/session manager you're using (Gnome, KDE, Fvwm, ...).
If it's Gnome or KDE (or I think XFCE), there should be a font manager somewhere in the preferences.
If you're using something like Fvwm, you can change the GTK fonts and that will affect all the GTK applications (such as Firefox, Gaim, ...) (for the QT applications, I have to admit I don't know how they pick a default font if you're not under KDE).
To change the GTK font, put this as an example in your ~/.gtkrc (or ~/.gtkrc-2.0 depending on the GTK version you're using):

    style "default"
    {
      fontset = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*,-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*"
    }

Where you can of course change the font to suit your needs.


HTH,

Gregory
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Re: [gentoo-user] Changing the font size in X

[Vlad Dogaru]

On 2/8/07, Jürgen Geuter <tante@emptiness.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 16:08 +0200, Vlad Dogaru wrote:
>
> > I find that fonts are too small for my 15" monitor, causing eye strain
> > and misunderstandings. How can I change font size globally? I
> > apologise if this question is too basic, but Google strangely did not
> > provide this time.
>
> You might want to check/change your DPI settings (compare
> http://scanline.ca/dpi/).

Hi Jürgen,

I switched from 75 to 96 DPI and everything is much more comfortable
on the eyes now.

Thanks for the tip,
Vlad
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