you should follow this procedure. GdkFont * english_font ; english_font= gdk_font_load ("-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-120-*-*-*-*-*-*") ; KeyPadDrawArea(any widget)->style->font=english_font;
----- Original Message ----- From: "peter garrone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 1:50 PM Subject: default font. > I am having trouble setting the font for my application, just having a different font for a GtkLabel. I can change the color using a resource file style, but not the font. > > I am able to use the use the gtk font select widget to see a range of fonts, and to print their names using gtk_font_selection_get_font_name. But using these names does not set the font. > > The actual font being used, "Sans 10", comes from the file gtksettings.c, which sets a property called "gtk-font-name". I have confirmed, using ldd and strings on all the libraries that my application links to, that this is the place where the font is set, although I have not been able to test any config files. Question is, whats a setting? How do I override this? > > I previously posted to this group under a different address, but am using this one to avoid the long corporate disclaimer. > -- > Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org > > > Powered by Outblaze > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list