Re: Setting font sizes *within* application GUIs on FB-1.0

I believe it's a GTK issue you are having.  Take a look at this question
from the FAQ: http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/en/faq.php#gnome-settings

On 10/15/07, Valter Toffolo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> i have no experience with [gkx]dm but i suggest you to kill it and try
> to startx so you find out if your .Xdefaults is being read when using
> gdm. also, i use a .xserverrc and i tell X which dpi to use directly
> from there, just like this
> -----------8<-----
> valter@jupiter:~ cat .xserverrc
> #!/bin/sh
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 80
> -----8<-----------
> remember you have to chmod +x ~/.xserverrc
> this setting change some fonts but not _all_ of them, like in firefox
> i got menu fonts changed but not page contents and some stuff like
> that, but maybe it can help you.
> anything else you find out, i'm interested too =)
>
> On 10/12/07, Peter Spotts <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm running Fluxbox 1.0 on Xubuntu Gutsy (beta), and I'm trying to
> > figure out how to shrink the fonts *within* an application's gui. (Not
> > the windows themselves, which use FB's themes.) If I use Xbuntu, Xfce
> > has a set of user-interface settings in which font changes affect the
> > GUIs. But those settings don't hold up when I use Fluxbox. I've tried
> > setting up an .Xdefaults file in my user directory containing Xft.dpi:
> > 70. But that doesn't yield any changes. I use Xubuntu's GDM as a log-in
> > screen, so I wonder if I have to ditch that and log in with startx
> > and .xinitrc from a command-line in order for .Xdefaults to carry the
> > day. Any guidance?
> >
> > With best regards,
> >
> > Pete Spotts
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