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24 May 09
I've noticed that some applications I run have huge fonts. I can fix this temporarily by selecting Appearance from the Gnome menus, and changing the DPI for fonts down by 1, then back up by 1 then re-applying, but next time I boot up they're big again.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Thom
27 Jun 09
I had a similar problem in openSUSE and i found that reducing the DPI from 96 to 85 or something would make fonts smaller.
Also, gnome-settings-daemon needs to be running at start for the settings to be applied next time.
07 Aug 09
The quickest way to adjust the fonts is by running:
$ sudo gnome-font-properties
This thread also had an interesting fix by editing a script to set the gtkrc:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/changing-font-size-style-in-gnome-how-613847/
Hope that helps a bit :)
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