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1answer
54 views

Change color of Applet context menu font or background

As seen here http://i.imgur.com/9tySBEi.png, theres little contrast between the greys. I'm using the FlatStudio theme with Faenza Dark icons. I'm assuming it's because the icons are for a dark theme, ...
0
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0answers
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font is not displayed normally

I have a clean install of xubuntu, on top of which I've installed gnome-shell. nov the font doesn't get rendered normally as you can see in the picture below link to the full size image any ideas ...
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0answers
107 views

How to fix blurry font in Gnome Boxes Windows 7 virtual machine?

So I am currently installing Windows 7 inside gnome-boxes from an iso file. This seems to be running fine, but the refresh rate seems to lack a bit, and also the font's are blurry, how can I fix ...
2
votes
0answers
553 views

Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome Shell Title Bar Fonts [closed]

The font in my 12.10 Gnome Shell title bar is displaying some characters incorrectly (see snapshot). This behavior happened once before, but logging back in fixed it. I installed some xfonts in ...
1
vote
0answers
88 views

Harf Buzz was implemented?

One of the new features of Gnome 3.6 is the new font render motor HarfBuzz what improve the font quality, HarfBuzz is included with Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity? That is all
0
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3answers
576 views

How to reset Ubuntu Fonts? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Reset gnome font configuration? I've just followed some advice on askubuntu and installed gnome-shell over lubuntu. Everything went smooth, apart from the fonts that ...
2
votes
1answer
139 views

I shrank my font too small, How do I fix this?

I was trying to find the perfect font size and shrank the font to zero. now all the fonts in apps and menus are so tiny the dont even show with zoom. How can I fix this? Ubuntu 12.04 Gnome. I tried ...
1
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0answers
78 views

Is there any possible way to copy the font-settings that I had when I used Gnome, and use them on Awesome WM?

I've just switched from Gnome to Awesome WM and my font settings disappeared (except the settings from .Xresource, but most of the programs don't use it anyway). Is there any possible way to copy the ...
1
vote
1answer
74 views

After system crash all characters are substituted by rectangles

After a system crash and therefore a reboot all characters got substituted by white rectangles (only these rectangles are displayed by 12.04 LTS - even in the terminal). The characters in e.g. Google ...
2
votes
1answer
3k views

How to resize fonts?

After upgrading to 12.04 my fonts are now huge. The only way I have found to solve it, is by running the following command after startup: $ sudo gnome-settings-daemon ** (process:3299): WARNING **: ...
1
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0answers
197 views

Tildes not displaying properly on GNOME shell [closed]

I've been using GNOME shell for a long while, and still can't find a fix for this. There are certain fonts (like Roboto, Lucida Grande, among others) displaying tildes wrong, also with eñes (n with a ...
1
vote
1answer
603 views

Fuzzy font in gnome shell top panel

I have Ubuntu 11.10 running gnome-shell. The font on the top panel is fuzzy as shown below. The font displayed in applications is clear. How to have clear font in the top panel?
1
vote
1answer
511 views

Why doesn't the Gnome Tweak Tool change the desktop fonts?

I've seen that the Gnome Tweak Tool is not having any effect on the desktop fonts. And the only way to do it is gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font 'Ubuntu 10' which I read here How to ...
13
votes
3answers
16k views

How do I change the font DPI settings?

I installed Oneiric on a clean system, and found that the font tab is gone from the Appearance settings. This is a problem, because by default the text in Ubuntu is too large. I changed the text from ...
8
votes
4answers
5k views

Is there a graphical way of installing fonts in 11.10/Gnome 3 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I install fonts? When testing 11.10, I wanted to install some fonts. However, it seems that I cannot simply double click a font file to install it. I've tried ...
2
votes
1answer
552 views

How to make all fonts available in Konsole/Yakuake?

At the moment I only have monospaced fonts and not all of them (I have the ubuntu monospaced font and it is not listed in the dialog). Update: I forgot to mention that I use Gnome 2.
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votes
2answers
380 views

I've just bought my first 23'' monitor. Which settings to tweak to fill myself comfortable with 1920x1080? [closed]

I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my brand new computer with 23" 1920x1080 monitor. This is my first experience with such a large screen resolution. I don't know what settings should be changed but ...
3
votes
1answer
481 views

Empathy doesn't obey system/theme/gnome-appearence font settings

I actually had this problem since at least 10.04. Empathy ignores gnome-appearance-properties, and settings in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf It's not just a matter of font size, but also it renders Unicode ...
2
votes
3answers
1k views

Colour font installation (emoji) in Maverick Meerkat

I've tried to install this Apple Emoji TTF font but even the Font Viewer doesn't render them correctly. Does anyone have an idea about whether this kind of font is supported in 10.10/Gnome 2.32 ?
1
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0answers
216 views

Fonts are too wide [closed]

Two days ago some fonts on my system become too widespaced, like this: See how big and widespaced the fonts on Clementine playlist are and how good they look on the appmenu (where my mouse pointer ...
6
votes
1answer
2k views

How to fix choppy fonts after using KDE System Settings?

I used KDE System Settings to configure my KDE appearance settings (I wanted to make KolourPaint look native), even though I use GNOME. I changed some font settings through it, and now all of my fonts ...
3
votes
4answers
500 views

the font of gnome suddenly became weird

I'm using ubuntu 10.04. The font of gnome became very weird when I surfed the Internet. I have used it for several months since the 10.04 is released. And I always install all the updates. It's the ...
7
votes
2answers
7k views

Reset gnome font configuration?

How do I reset the font settings - actual font and size - to their default? (I changed some values in System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts) This is particularly important with the new Ubuntu font ...
3
votes
1answer
953 views

How can the font size in empathy be configured?

Empathy uses a very small font size. I'd like to have some larger font. But the system setting has no entry for fonts. How can I use another/larger font in empathy?