You did it! I have the Cinnamon desktop and I had forgotten about that
font setting. Don't get old. The CRS only gets worse. Thank you so
much and I apologize profusely.
JC
On 1/7/26 3:19 PM, Doug via gnucash-user wrote:
Hi, fellow Linux user (PCLinuxOS here: Love it!)
First, enable view of hidden files in file browser ie the .xxx files.
Then there are 2 ways to sort this: Globally for everything: in which case
you can change the global desktop fonts (I use Mate, & font is changed by
System Preferences>Appearance>Fonts, then set as desired. Other
Desktop managers are handled in a similar way.
If you only wish to change font in Gnucash: You can follow the instructions
in the Gnucash Wiki:
(extract)
Via settings.ini
Create if necessary and add the following line to GTK_CONFIG_HOME/settings.ini:
[Settings]
gtk-font-name=Arial 14
(end)
in my case the file was in (HOME)/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
nb: I use Midnight Commander to look & edit these types of jobs. I actually
used font size 16.
Gnucash recently changed to gtk 3.0, & you will need to look for the config
file.
I found all this info by Googling, so I feel it is important to try a bit of
Googling first!
It seems the Linux community is a bit behind updating the tools to change
screen Scaling particularly
with huge high definition displays. It will happen but until then one needs to
adapt.
Please! Don´t give up! There are people here to help, but also one needs to
help themselves (Google is yr friend too).
The developers of Gnucash, & Linux developers generally are fantastic! Please
do not go back to the dark side (TIC)!
On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 10:55:04 -0600
"Jerry Criswell (JC)"<[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry. I've used Linux Mint for so long I forget to mention it
sometimes. I have been unable to change the font size even though I
messed with it for over an hour. I'm going to go ahead and start
GnuCash as of the first of the year, but there is a 75% chance I won't
continue with it due to the font problem. Nobody wants to climb up on
the desk to read a monitor.
JC
On 1/7/26 6:43 AM, Joseph St. Denis wrote:
I have windows 11 and just used the global command to increase the
size of the display on all of programs that I use. You just have to
display settings and increase the size. I selected 125 % 150% was to
big for the existing column for the date. You go to display and change
the display settings open gnucash and any other programs you use to
see if you are happy with the results. If other people use your
computer then they can change the settings to suit them.
All the best
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM, Tom Route36
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jerry,
You didn't say what operating system you have; but I'll assume it's
probably Windows. (Let me know if that's not right.) So assuming
Windows, here's what I think should work for you.
1. Exit and close GnuCash.
2. Open Windows File Explorer.
3. At the top center of the File Explorer window, backspace over
whatever is currently there to erase it.
4. In that same erased space, type in the following:
%APPDATA%\GnuCash
5. That should open the proper folder location with sub-folders
named:
books, checks, translog.
IMPORTANT: If you don't see those sub-folders, STOP; since you're
probably in the wrong location.
But assuming you do see those folders, continue on.
6. In that folder location (%APPDATA%\GnuCash), look for a file
named:
gtk-3.0.css
7a. If you see that file there, you'll need to edit it.
7b. If you don't see that file there, you'll need to create it.
8. Whether you edit it or create it, gtk-3.0.css is or will be a
plain
text file.
9. The text that you need to have in that file is as follows (as
shown
here in the following 3 lines):
* {
font: 14pt arial, sans-serif;
}
10. Once you've edited or created that file with the above 3
lines in
it, save the file.
11. Make sure the saved file has the name "gtk-3.0.css", and that
there's no added .txt after .css.
12. Once that's done, go ahead and re-open GnuCash.
13. You should now hopefully see that the GnuCash font size is
larger.
NOTE: If the font size is larger but still isn't large enough,
you can
make it even larger.
Go thru the same procedure again. But in step 9, change the font
size
to a larger number.
For example, change "14pt" to "16pt". I guarantee that will be
pretty
large even for older eyes.
Let me know if this procedure works for you, or if you run into any
problems.
Tom
On 1/5/2026 4:53 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
> How do I increase font size in all of GnuCash? When you're 86
yrs old
> you need all the help you can get.
>
> JC
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