On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:42:18 +0100 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> cga2000 on 05/06/06 02:22, wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 07:15:59PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote: > >> My monitor does a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. > >> > >> I'm using KDE and it seems that the font size at this resolution > >> is considerably greater than it is in windows, which I use at > >> work. So I am trying to work out what is going on. > >> I tried setting my font sizes from 10 to 8 in the KDE settings / > >> peripherals / display. This affected half of the applications I am > >> using, but stuff like firefox, thunderbird, eclipse, rhythmbox and > >> so on are generally ignoring it. > >> Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just > >> in the bits that KDE controls? > > > > Not that I know of. > > > > One solution would be to install gnome.. fire up a gnome session and > > look for the gnome equivalent of the font customization utility that > > you used in KDE.. make your changes.. log out of gnome and start > > your KDE desktop. Heavy-handed but that's what I ended up doing > > when I first installed debian.. after spending a couple of weeks > > getting nowhere.. > > > > :-) > > > > You may also try something called "gtk-theme-switch" and/or > > "gtk-theme-switch2" and look for a large '+' that gives you access > > to "more options" and you should be able to change your fonts there. > > OK I did that and it put my choice in .gtkrc-2.0 but that hasn't been > taken on board by the apps like firefox. > [SNIP] Could you show us the contents of ~/.gtkrc-2.0? It should be something like: gtk-font-name="Sans 8" Other things to check are that your display resolution ('xdpyinfo | grep resol') is correct and the DPI setting used by Xft ('xrdb -query | grep dpi'), if defined, is consistent with it. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]