On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 12:11:04PM EDT, Andrei A. Voropaev wrote: > On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 08:47:42AM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 05:53:56AM EDT, Andrei A. Voropaev wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Can anyone explain me how the font for menu in GUI is selected? I have 3 > > > computers with the same set of fonts and the same configuration for > > > fonconfig, the same version of gvim (different GTK though) and on all > > > 3 machines I get different menu font :) The worse is on the laptop. > > > There the font is large and in Bold, so it takes quite a big portion of > > > the fairly small screen :) > > > > Does this affect all gtk apps or just gvim? > > Hm. Firefox is OK. xine has the same problem, but it is not compiled > with GTK. Aha, gimp has exactly the same menu. So it is problem of GTK.
This may be a gross misunderstanding on my part but this sounds like the version of FF you are running is fontconfig-aware while the other apps ain't. I sorted out my GUI font problems about eighteen months ago and my memories are getting a bit shaky now -- especially since I decided some 3-4 months ago to dump the GUI for good. > > > In my case all gtk apps -- such as gimp, mozilla, .. were using the same > > oversized and rather ugly font. > > > > I solved my global gtk font problems by editing the contents of: > > > > ~/.gtkrc > > ~/.gtkrc-2.0 > > Hm. I didn't have neither of these files and didn't know how > to create them. I found that the safest/quickest way is to: 1. Download and install gnome 2. Start a gnome session & tweak your fonts 3. Optionally, remove gnome from your HD Yes, I'm still a little pissed about the whole thing. :-) > Googling didn't provide any samples neither. So, I guess > this is a top secret info :) This is precisely the problem I ran into. > Fortunately I've found gtk-chtheme program > and using it could set up better alternative. > > Thank you for the tip. Glad I could help. Thanks cga
