Some of us have also discovered that GTK is very particular about the name you use for the font. Search the recent list archives, but I *think* you need to use the ‘family name’ found using FontBook.app.
Regards, Adrien > On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:49 PM, Dan Smith via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> On Dec 3, 2018, at 5:53 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> wrote: >>> >>>> There is no GnuCash 2.6.23. Perhaps you mean 2.6.21? Regardless, fonts are >>>> a styling issue that you can change fairly easily. Search the web for Gtk >>>> 2 theming. >>> >>> Yes, sorry, 2.6.21. >>> >>> Looks complicated, given that I have no knowledge of the Gtk API or how >>> GnuCash makes use of it. I can live with the ugly UI for now. But if >>> there's going to be a 2.6.22, and if this is trivially reproducible on a >>> fresh Mojave system (I don't _think_ there's anything unusual about my >>> system, but who knows), it may be worth looking into. >> >> The 2.6 branch is closed, there will be no more releases. Styling doesn’t >> require any knowledge of the Gtk API. There are instructions for changing >> fonts at >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_get_I_rid_of_strange_unreadable_characters_or_adjust_the_font_size. > > Ah, that's a much more useful than the stuff my Google search turned up. > Thanks! > > Good news: I can change the fonts using that template. Bad news: I can't come > up with any choices that aren't being turned into bold text (even some "Ultra > Light" fonts). So it doesn't seem to be a font/resource issue. > > Possibly related: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52700341/fonts-in-gtk-on-macos-10-14-mojave-looking-bold > > Anyway, no big deal, I'll live with it for now. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
