On Sun, 19 Jul, 2020 at 17:31:12 +1000, Keith bainbridge wrote: > On 16/7/20 9:15 am, hobie of RMN wrote: > > > Perhaps adjust your display setting to smaller numbers? > > > > > > > > > > > > Or is everything else readable? > > Some is, some isn't.:) Firefox, Thunderbird, Leafpad, Notes, Synaptic, > > vcl are readable. ftpsed, alsamixergui, and some others are not. Liam's > > suggestion has made LibreOffice readable, thankfully. > > > > > I have stopped using xfce because little things keep annoying me. I like it > overall, but there is a very small limit to my patience. And I'm not good > at reporting stuff unless I can't find a work around. In this case mate and > recently cinnamon are doing well. Both are gnome forks, but use fewer > resources, and allow more freedom of choice about how they appear on screen. > > Could be worth a try?
The OP's issue is not with XFCE4 but with non-GTK applications such as alsamixergui. It is not obvious to me how migrating to MATE or Cinnamon might help. Could you elaborate?