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loadlover

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Registered: 2017-05-10

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Setting fonts in i3 same as fonts in GNOME

Hi all,

I'm trying to set i3 fonts to be the same as I've set them in GNOME.

Using the GNOME Tweak Tool, I set the fonts in GNOME for various categories, namely:

Window Titles ...
Interface ...
Documents ...
Monospace ...

In i3, I suspect the 'equivalent' method would be to create a ~/.Xresources file, and set the fonts there like this:

xscreensaver.Dialog.headingFont: -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

Or, for a more general scope at the level of the resource (with the wildcard):

*headingFont:    -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

But where do I find the resource names which correspond to those set by the GNOME Tweak Tool? Hmm, I'm not expressing this very well, but I hope you know what I mean. This is to say I'm looking for something like:

*Window Titles:    -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
*Interface:    -*-fixed-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
etc
...

Thanks,

Loady

Last edited by loadlover (2017-07-18 00:28:39)

jasonwryan

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Re: Setting fonts in i3 same as fonts in GNOME

i3 uses GTK, no? You want a tool like lxappearance (or write your own config), not .Xresources.

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