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#1 2010-07-20 13:29:54
- mabier
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[SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
, hellow everyone. I am newbie here and I recently installed Archlinux with Awesome WM,the default size of font is too small, in some cases,the characters even can not be clearly seen,I want to change the size of fonts so that I can read words comfortablely ,what shall I do to make the font bigger? I tried to find the solution in wiki or forum but failed, thank you in advance!
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#2 2010-07-20 13:58:30
- karol
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Re: [SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
A never used Awesome WM but I think you're referring to some app's font - is it your shell, browser or what? Or maybe is it some toolbar or panel (I don't know if Awesome has those)?
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#3 2010-07-20 14:49:39
- Inxsible
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Re: [SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
Maybe you need to change the screen resolution that you are working on.
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There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#4 2010-07-20 16:07:50
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Re: [SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
Which fonts?
The fonts in GTK programs can be changed using lxappearance or gtk-chtheme.
If you want to change the font used for awesome itself, then you have to tweak the theme.lua file. Themes are located in /usr/share/awesome/themes/.
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#5 2010-07-22 04:00:27
- mabier
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Re: [SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
A never used Awesome WM but I think you're referring to some app's font - is it your shell, browser or what? Or maybe is it some toolbar or panel (I don't know if Awesome has those)?
the fonts in firefox browser and terminal emulator xterm are too small. I can enlarge characters in firefox browser by "ctrl +", but small fonts in xterm can not be modified by me at the beginning, but now I create and configure ~/.Xdefaults, and this problem has been solved. the fonts in panel of Awesome WM was also very small at the first, after configuring Awesome's theme.lua file, everything is fine now.:D
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#6 2010-07-22 04:02:00
- mabier
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Re: [SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
Maybe you need to change the screen resolution that you are working on.
I changed screen resolution , but the problem persisted. later I configure the ~/.Xdefaults, and everything is fine now, thanks.:)
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#7 2010-07-22 04:32:30
- mabier
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Re: [SOLVED]how to change the size of default font ?
Which fonts?
The fonts in GTK programs can be changed using lxappearance or gtk-chtheme.
If you want to change the font used for awesome itself, then you have to tweak the theme.lua file. Themes are located in /usr/share/awesome/themes/.
thank you for your advice, I didn't clearly report my problem in my first post, what I originally wanted to enlarge is the fonts in terminal emulator . last night, I created and configured my ~/.Xdefaults, and now fonts in terminal xterm is enlarged. thank you.
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