On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Suraj N. Kurapati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leslie Viljoen wrote: > > I'd like to change is the big ugly font that all the XWindows > > menus use. the same font used in the login screen's session > > chooser menu > > Is the login screen produced by gdm (uses GTK+) or kdm (uses Qt) or > xdm (uses X)?
I assume GDM, since that is the command that starts Xwindows. I am using Ubuntu 7.10. > > Firefox uses it in its menus and tabs. > > Firefox does not use X directly; it uses GTK+ instead. > > Make a file called .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory with the > following content: > > gtk-font-name = "Sans 11" > > Change the font value accordingly. I did exactly this, but it didn't change anything. > > Anyway, how do I change it (or at least make it smaller)? > > Make a file called .Xdefaults in your home directory with the > following content: > > ! see "font5" in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm > *font: -*-terminus-*-r-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-* I did that too: no change. > > I have been searching for "XWindows default fonts" in google for > > hours. > > Try "xdefaults". Ok, I will. Strangely, it seems like fonts are all magnified in wmii. If I make the gnome-term's font smaller in its menus, the text is really tiny when I log back into gnome.
