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sairuiu

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Registered: 2019-05-18

Posts: 27

Firefox not using GTK font

The font Firefox uses for its components (tab title, address bar, right-click context menu, about:preferences elements, etc) isn't the one specified by my gtk configs (~/.gtkrc-2.0 or ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini). Initially it was displaying as a monospace font, but I fixed that by deleting /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and /etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and the font displayed correctly. After updating earlier, Firefox now displays with some serif font (probably georgia), and I can't figure out how to get it to use my gtk themed font.

Tried downgrading Firefox, playing around with font-config, setting the system-wide gtk theme, clean profile, rebooting and probably some other things I'm forgetting, no dice. Any advice would be great, thanks.

W_KIWAN

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2018-02-23

Posts: 28

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

What DE/WM are you using?
Is it Wayland or Xorg session?
Do you run Firefox with Wayland or X11 backend?

sairuiu

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Registered: 2019-05-18

Posts: 27

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

What DE/WM are you using?
Is it Wayland or Xorg session?
Do you run Firefox with Wayland or X11 backend?

i3-gaps, xorg, x11

W_KIWAN

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2018-02-23

Posts: 28

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Can you run this command and check if it makes any change for you?

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name "<NAME> <SIZE>"

sairuiu

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Registered: 2019-05-18

Posts: 27

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Thanks, I gave it a go but couldn't observe any changes.

W_KIWAN

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2018-02-23

Posts: 28

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Please paste the output of this two commands

cat ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name

kokoko3k

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Registered: 2008-11-14

Posts: 2,394

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

What if you change font?
In the past i've had troubles with one in particular (but can't remember which one), "rejected" only by firefox.

-EDIT-
Oh, now i remember.
Using kde to set the gtk-3 font, it wrote that:

koko@Gozer# grep font ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-font-name=PT Sans [PARA] Regular 10

That way, firefox ignored PT Sans and used Liberation Sans instead, but modifying it with the following made it work:

koko@Gozer# grep font ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-font-name=PT Sans 10

Last edited by kokoko3k (2019-06-18 12:15:08)

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sairuiu

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Registered: 2019-05-18

Posts: 27

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Please paste the output of this two commands

cat ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name

$ cat ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
[Settings]
gtk-icon-theme-name = "Arc"
gtk-theme-name = "Arc-Dark"
gtk-font-name = "Source Han Sans JP 8"

$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name
'Source Han Sans JP 8'

What if you change font?
In the past i've had troubles with one in particular (but can't remember which one), "rejected" only by firefox.

-EDIT-
Oh, now i remember.
Using kde to set the gtk-3 font, it wrote that:

koko@Gozer# grep font ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-font-name=PT Sans [PARA] Regular 10

That way, firefox ignored PT Sans and used Liberation Sans instead, but modifying it with the following made it work:

koko@Gozer# grep font ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-font-name=PT Sans 10

I've tried setting a few different fonts in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini but nothing seems to change it.

kolcon

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Registered: 2009-02-01

Posts: 21

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Did you solve it? I have the same issue...

Interestingly, when I boot to Gentoo, with the same $HOME, the font if firefox menu is OK.

Maybe it is a was firefox is compiled in Arch?

kolcon

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Registered: 2009-02-01

Posts: 21

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Not sure if Firefox though - Chromium looks the same bad way...

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,067

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Your (default) font configuration is probably set to some font installed on gentoo but not arch.

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kolcon

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Registered: 2009-02-01

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Re: Firefox not using GTK font

I'm not sure where to check that - my /usr/share/fonts is identical (I rsynced it) and .fonts as well (same $HOME)

kolcon

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Registered: 2009-02-01

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Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Also, other programs (Terminal, caja etc.) look OK

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,067

Re: Firefox not using GTK font

fc-match sans
fc-match serif
fc-match monospace

on either system. Then to get the full path (on either system)

fc-list | grep <filename>

where <filename> is the part before the colon.

Also, mind you, the fonts configured on ~/.gtk* and ~/.config/gtk* will matter.

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kolcon

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Re: Firefox not using GTK font

Yes, you were right - they were different.

I finally *SOLVED* it by copying the /etc/fonts/conf.d/ from my Gentoo install - now it looks the same!

seth

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Re: Firefox not using GTK font

You got to edit your initial posts subject to mark the thread SOLVED ;-)

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kolcon

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Re: Firefox not using GTK font

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