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syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

Posts: 296

ugly Skype fonts on 64 bit arch

Hi,
i installed 64 bit version and flash issue is finally resolved to me. now the problem is that skype fonts are smaller than my desktop. is there a way i can configure skype fonts ?

ngoonee

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Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,356

Re: ugly Skype fonts on 64 bit arch

Skype uses the QT fonts I think, and you're on Gnome.

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hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: ugly Skype fonts on 64 bit arch

Under options, you can set "style" to desktop settings or gtk. Altough, last time I tried one of these skype just crashed and would not start anymore... if this happens, you have to look for some skype .config file in home and change it back to "clearlooks" manually.

ah crap - tried it again, same result.

skype  -style cleanlooks

brings it back.

also check out
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=58070

Last edited by hokasch (2010-05-11 23:23:00)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: ugly Skype fonts on 64 bit arch

This line in ~/.Xresources will be used by qt:
Xft.dpi: 120

After editing, run:
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

Test with:
qtconfig

Last edited by brebs (2010-05-12 00:48:26)

boypt

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Registered: 2009-09-25

Posts: 12

Re: ugly Skype fonts on 64 bit arch

you may need to install:

lib32-cairo-ubuntu
lib32-fontconfig-ubuntu
lib32-freetype2-ubuntu
lib32-libxft-ubuntu

from AUR to replace those default pkgs to have QT programs look good on Gnome.

syms

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Registered: 2008-12-25

Posts: 296

Re: ugly Skype fonts on 64 bit arch

ive installed regular qt, and now fonts are normal again, even on 32 bit qt apps. but i still cant set my style to gtk. skype just crashes. any way to do this?