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guagno333

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Registered: 2016-06-20

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[SOLVED] Unable to change font size

Hello.

So as the title says, I am unable to reduce system font size. I have a Nvidia 970M, and I used nouveau as a driver until a week ago.

I had a few problem with the HDMI (when I connected it, it crashed and I had to use the MiniDP), so I switched to the official NVidia driver. Now, all the fonts became huge, and I am really unable to resize them. I read the wikia about fontconfig, but I'm having difficulties understanding it. The only thing I want is to reduce the font

Last edited by guagno333 (2016-09-15 08:28:26)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to change font size

Which desktop environment or window manager are you using?

I use this method:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GT … figuration

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guagno333

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to change font size

Sorry for the delay in the answer but I've been pretty busy. I'm using awesome, by the way, and I really can't figure this out

x33a

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to change font size

What exactly do you mean by the system font size and how are you trying to adjust it? Did you try Head_on_a_Stick's method?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to change font size

*sighs*

Try https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … ppearance/

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guagno333

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to change font size

I know I didn't answer on this post for a while (well, maybe too much), but before trying Head_on_a_Stick suggestion, I found the solution to my problem: I edited the xorg.conf adding the following

    Option         "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
    Option         "DPI" "100 x 100"

Again, sorry for not answering before, but I completely forgot. I'm leaving this here in case someone finds this useful!

Thanks to anyone

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to change font size

You haven't changed the font size; you have changed the resolution. There is a difference.

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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